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March 30, 1963

The Hockey News March 30, 1963

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IN THIS ISSUE

Playoff Races

<div class="byline">&#x2014;BERRY</div>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;Normie Smith, first Red Wing goalie to win the Vezina Trophy and the goalie in the longest game ever played, has been inducted into the Red Wing Hall of Fame.Smith, now 55 and sales manager of Hewitt Metals in Detroit the past 15 years, led the Wings to their first two Stanley Cups in 1935-36 and 1936-37.Only 5-feet-6 and 150 pounds in his playing days, Smith had a colorful career with the Wings that included two wartime comebacks.His big night&mdash;and longest&mdash;was March 24-25, 1936 when the Wings opened the Stanley Cup semi-finals against the Montreal Maroons in Montreal.The game didn&rsquo;t end until 2:25 a.m. when Mud Bruneteau scored at 16:30 of the sixth overtime period. The playing time was only 3&frac34; minutes short of three full games and Smith was in goal all the way in the 1-0 shutout and made 92 saves.Smith, a suburban Detroit resident since his playing days and one of the founders of the Red Wing Alumni Association, is a regular at Wing home games.&ldquo;The big change in the game now for the goalies is the screen shot,&rdquo; Smith said. &ldquo;When I played it wasn&rsquo;t used. Occasionally someone would skate in front of the goalie but it wasn&rsquo;t deliberate.&ldquo;Now they park someone right in front of the net and the goalie doesn&rsquo;t have a chance.&rdquo; &#9632;

Team’s first Vezina Winner, Smith Honored By Wings

<div class="byline">By GEORGE TAYLOR</div>BALTIMORE, Md.&mdash;Aldo Guidolin, player-coach of the Baltimore Clippers was sidelined for the remainder of the American Hockey League season, due to a broken ankle, and his loss was a definite blow to any hopes the Clippers had of making the playoffs.Guidolin, a member of the AHL&rsquo;s All Star team for the past two years, suffered the injury during a fight against his former teammates&mdash;the Cleveland Barons&mdash;at Baltimore&rsquo;s Civic Center.The Clipper coach was squaring off with Dick Van Impe when several players from both teams leaped into the fracas. In the struggle which followed, Guidolin&rsquo;s ankle was twisted and broken.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03441/2191221-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="505" height="857"><figcaption class="caption-body">ALDO GUIDOLIN</figcaption></div>&hellip; Ankle Broken In ScuffleThe action took place in a wild second stanza which saw a total of 68 penalty minutes handed out in this period alone. Baltimore won the game, 3-0.The setback came at a time when the Clippers were in the midst of a brilliant come-from-behind bid to make the Calder Cup playoffs. The team had won eight of its last 10 starts when Guidolin was lost to the Clipper defense.Ironically, it was the second AHL All Star lost to the Clippers. Goalie Marcel Paille suffered a broken hand mid-way in the season. Then, on his first attempt at a comeback, he was sidelined with a groin injury and saw no action the rest of the season.Still another Clipper, Pat Hannigan, was sent home at the season&rsquo;s half-way mark, also with a broken ankle. &#9632;

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Clippers Lose Coach In Ice Fight

<div class="byline">By SHEL FULLERTON</div>CLEVELAND, Ohio&mdash;Considering merely the matter of statistics, the Cleveland Barons probably enjoy a slight edge over the Rochester Americans on the eve of their playoff series in the battle for the American Hockey League&rsquo;s Calder Cup.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02514/2191166-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="264" height="413"><figcaption class="caption-body">Fred Glover</figcaption></div>It seems likely, at this writing, that the Barons will enjoy a home ice advantage should the series go to three games, but this could be altered should the Amerks manage to pass the Barons before the end of the regular schedule.In the Cleveland-Rochester series, now concluded the Barons won five, lost three and tied one. Neither team, however, has been able to defeat the other on its own ice. In Cleveland, theBarons won five straight, while in Rochester, the Amerks won three and one game ended in a tie.As far as fire power is concerned, the Barons seem to have a slight edge. Currently, Cleveland is 18 goals ahead of Rochester and has allowed six fewer scores. This, too, could change.Two significant changes in the Rochester lineup could help make the statistics meaningless. One is the addition of Bronco Horvath, who has been scoring well ever since joining the Amerks.Of even more importance, is the addition of goaltender Bobby Perreault to the Rochester roster. Perreault is a good one&mdash;far better than any netminder the Amerks were using in the early days of the AHL season.The Barons probably possess more explosive scoring power in Hank Ciesla, Bill Masterton, playing-coach Fred Glover, John Ferguson and Fred Hilts, but Rochester, with Gene Ubriaco, Gerry Ehman, Jim Pappin, Dick Gamble and Stan Smrke has enough scoring punch of its own to be dangerous.Defensively, the teams are about at a standoff. While Rochester&rsquo;s Al Arbour looms as the best blue-liner on either team, Cleveland can counter with Bill Needham and slightly more experience among the other defensemen who will see much service.Tommy Williams of the Barons and Bob Armstrong of the Amerks both are tested veterans. Cleveland&rsquo;s Dick Mattiussi, Gary Bergman and Bob Olajos all are young, but probably possess slightly more experience than Rochester&rsquo;s Darryl Sly, Arnie Brown and Barry Trapp.In their fight down to the wire and in their struggle to maintain their second-place edge over Rochester, the Barons have had some great performances from Ciesla, Masterton, Glover and Ferguson.Ciesla has been a late-season threat for the AHL scoring title, while both he and Ferguson have been locked in a long struggle for the league goal-scoring lead.Glover and Masterton were the hottest scorers on the club in the first half of their just-concluded roap trip that took them to enemy ice for eight straight contests. &#9632;

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Barons Hold Edge Over Rochester For Playoffs

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-01367/2191783-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg" title="Cover-01" width="285" height="445"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gordie Howe</figcaption></div>CHICAGO, III.&mdash;Glenn Hall, Chicago&rsquo;s ace netminder, waited eight years to win the National Hockey League&rsquo;s prized Vezina Trophy but it was worth it to the Hawks&rsquo; &ldquo;Mr. Goalie&rdquo;&mdash;he pocketed $2,000 for his efforts.The 31-year-old Hall, playing his sixth season with the Black Hawks, beat out Toronto&rsquo;s combo of Johnny Bower and Don Simmons and Montreal&rsquo;s Jacques Plante for the award, the one honor that has always eluded the star Chicago puck-stopper.Hall&rsquo;s victory in the Vezina Trophy race earned him $1,000 for being over-all winner. He also collected $500 for being the leading goaltender at the halfway mark and another $500 for being top man at the end of the regular schedule.Hall has long coveted winning the Vezina and his great performance this season was justified when he won the award in the stretch drive.While Hall topped the net-minders, Detroit&rsquo;s fabulous Gordie Howe emerged with the NHL scoring title for the sixth time in his spectacular 17-year career. Howe finished with 86 points, five more than Andy Bathgate of New York to pick up $1,500 as well as the Art Ross Trophy.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-02256/2191776-1-eng-US/cover-022.jpg" title="Cover-02" width="1096" height="1593"><figcaption class="caption-body">GLENN HALL&hellip; Displays Cup-Winning Form</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Hall Realizes Eight-Year Ambition

SERIES ATuesday, March 26&mdash;Montreal at Toronto.Thursday, March 28&mdash;Montreal at Toronto.Saturday, March 30&mdash;Toronto at Montreal.Tuesday, April 2&mdash;Toronto at Montreal.Thursday, April 4&mdash;Montreal at Toronto (if necessary).Saturday, April 6&mdash;Toronto at Montreal (if necessary).Tuesday, April 9&mdash;Montreal at Toronto (if necessary).SERIES BTuesday, March 26&mdash;Detroit at Chicago.Thursday, March 28&mdash;Detroit at Chicago.Sunday, March 31&mdash;Chicago at Detroit.Tuesday, April 2&mdash;Chicago at Detroit.Thursday, April 4&mdash;Detroit at Chicago (if necessary).Sunday, April 7&mdash;Chicago at Detroit (if necessary).Tuesday, April 9&mdash;Detroit at Chicago (if necessary). &#9632;

Stanley Cup Playoff Dates

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01490/2190369-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="297" height="421"><figcaption class="caption-body">Punch Imlach</figcaption></div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;The 1962-63 Prince of Wales Trophy winners, Toronto Maple Leafs, will be seeking their second Stanley Cup in a row&hellip; Last year&rsquo;s Cup winners will be after their 9th Stanley Cup&hellip; Years the Leafs captured the venerable trophy were 1932, 1942, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951 and 1962&hellip; Chicago Black Hawks will be after their fourth Cup&hellip; They won it previously in 1934, 1938 and 1961&hellip; Montreal Canadiens have won the Stanley Cup the most times&hellip; Canadiens have won it a total of 12 times&hellip; 1916, 1924, 1930, 1931, 1944, 1946, 1953, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959 and 1960 &hellip; Canadiens are the only NHL club to win the Cup five straight years&hellip; Detroit Red Wings have been Stanley Cup winners on seven occasions&hellip; Wings were winners in 1936, 1937, 1943, 1950, 1952, 1954 and &rsquo;55&hellip; Punch Imlach will be after his second Stanley Cup in succession as a coach&hellip; Toe Blake will be seeking his sixth. He won five in a row&hellip; Rudy Pilous will be after No. 2&hellip; while Sid Abel will be striving for his first Stanley Cup as a coach.Teams winning the semi-final series &ldquo;A&rdquo; and &ldquo;B&rdquo; receive $27,000 each. The losing teams in the semi-final rounds each receive $13,500 from the National Hockey League.The team winning the Stanley Cup finals will receive $36,000 from the league in addition to the $27,000 for taking the semi-finals meaning a total of $63,000 will go to the cup champs. The cup finalists or losers will be recipients of $18,000.This money is divided among the players on the teams. It is strictly a club matter how the money is divided although usually it is figured on the basis of 18 units.This year&rsquo;s playoffs mark Canadiens&rsquo; 15th straight appearance in these classics&hellip; Detroit has missed the playoffs but twice in the last 21 years&hellip; Toronto and Chicago are both making their fifth consecutive appearance in the playoffs&hellip; The Maple Leafs have missed the playoffs only five times in history&hellip; five times in 37 seasons&hellip; Longest playoff game went 176 minutes and 30 seconds&hellip; Game lasted 116 minutes and 30 seconds of overtime play&hellip; Detroit, via Mud Bruneteau&rsquo;s goal, defeated Montreal Maroons, 1-0, at Montreal. Game started on March 24, 1936, and ended at 2.25 A.M. on March 25&hellip; Detroit also won shortest overtime game in playoff annals&hellip; Syd Howe scored winner for Red Wings over New York Americans on March 19, 1940, at Detroit, after just 25 seconds of extra time. Score was 2-1&hellip; Fastest goal in a playoff game was scored by Gordie Howe of Detroit on April 1, 1954, at Detroit, against Toronto. He scored after 9 seconds of the 1st period.Moore Holds Point Record For Game<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02469/2190362-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="265" height="390"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dickie Moore</figcaption></div>Most points in a single playoff game is 6&hellip; and was set by Dickie Moore of Canadiens on March 25, 1954, at Montreal, against Boston. He had 2 goals and 4 assists&hellip; Most goals in a single game is 5&hellip; Maurice Richard scored 5 for Canadiens as they defeated Toronto, 5-1, at Montreal, on March 23, 1944&hellip; Most assists in a playoff game is 5&hellip; and this record is shared by Toe Blake, Maurice Richard and Bert Olmstead of Canadiens and Don McKenney of Boston. Blake did it on March 23, 1944, against Toronto; Richard on March 27, 1956, against Rangers; Olmstead on March 30, 1957, against Rangers; and McKenney on April 5, 1958, against Rangers&hellip; Maurice Richard scored most winning goals in playoff play. He scored 18 winners in 15 playoff series &hellip; He also scored most &ldquo;hat tricks&rdquo; in playoffs &hellip; 7.Most points in a playoff series is 21&hellip; and was set by Stan Mikita of Chicago in 1962. He scored 6 goals and had 15 assists in 12 games against Canadiens and Toronto&hellip; Most goals in a series is 12&hellip; and this record is shared by Maurice Richard and Jean Beliveau of Canadiens. Richard scored his dozen in 9 games against Toronto and Chicago in 1944. Beliveau scored 12 in 10 games in 1956 against Rangers and Detroit&hellip; Chicago&rsquo;s Stan Mikita also established a new record for most assists in 1962 playoffs &hellip; He had 15 assists in 12 games against Canadiens and Toronto&hellip; Most goals in playoff competition is 82 and was set by Canadiens&rsquo; Maurice Richard in 15 playoff series&hellip; Most assists is 64 and was recorded by Gordie Howe of Detroit in 14 playoff series. &#9632;

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Maple Leafs Setting Sights On Ninth Stanley Cup Win; $63,000 Pot Awaits Champs

MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Hockey fans will have to go a long ways back to find a more exciting and eventful National Hockey League race than the one just concluded.As one observer put it, &ldquo;this one had everything&rdquo;.Revieving the season in order of importance, the Toronto Maple Leafs emerged with their first NHL championship in 15 years to win the Prince of Wales Trophy and end a five-year strangelehold on the cup by the Montreal Canadiens.Detroit Red Wings scrambled back into the playoff circle this season after a year of watching from the sidelines while the Rangers took one of their infrequent turns at the money series. The Rangers fell back into their lethargy this season while the Wings marched past.In the individual player department, there were many exciting performances, but the ones that had to stand above all others were the winning of the NHL scoring title by Gordie Howe at 35 years of age and Glenn Hall&rsquo;s triumph in the Vezina Trophy race, his first such goalkeeping award after eight years of trying.Howe, the most remarkable performer in the all of hockey, collected 38 goals this season to raise his all-time total to 540, just four behind the record held by the retired Maurice Richard. Howe accumulated 86 points to beat out Andy Bathgate of Rangers, who saw his goal-scoring supremacy with the New Yorkers eclipsed this year by courageous little Camille Henry, who shot 37 goals. Bathgate had 35.It was a tribute to Henry to enjoy such a brilliant season after the Rangers failed to include his name on their protected list last summer at the NHL draft meetings.Then there was the fine showing of Henri Richard of Canadiens, the gritty Montreal centre who led all NHL playmakers with 50 assists. Despite several injuries, Richard still managed to top the league.Of a more dubious nature was the penalty antics of Detroit&rsquo;s Howie Young and Carl Brewer of Toronto. Both exceeded their past performances in the matter of beating a path to the sin bin.Young led the NHL &ldquo;bad men&rdquo; with a resounding 273 minutes, a new NHL record this year. Brewer was second highest incurring 168 minutes to surpass the Leafs&rsquo; team mark of 167 set by one of Toronto&rsquo;s great defensemen of all time, Red Horner.Another sidelight to the NHL race this season was the fact it produced seven 30-goal scorers for the first time in five years. Howe, Bathgate, Frank Mahovlich, Henry, Bobby Hull, Parker MacDonald and Stan Mikita all went over the 30-goal mark.The most disappointing hockey player of the year would have to be Chicago&rsquo;s &ldquo;Golden Boy&rdquo;, Bobby Hull. At this time last season, Hull had 84 points and 50 goals. This year he managed only 31 goals and 62 assists, well below his peak season.Like the man said, it was indeed an exciting and eventful year for the NHL teams.<div class="sidebar">ALL-TIME SCOREBOARDMaurice Richard&hellip; 544Gordie Howe&hellip; 540 &#9632;</div>

Howe, Hall, Young, Brewer Aided In Making NHL Race ‘Eventful’; Hull Seen Big Disappointment

DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;Gordie Howe&rsquo;s contract, in the $30,000 range for base pay, doesn&rsquo;t have the multi-bonus clauses it used to have and the Red Wing super star has success to blame for it.Howe&rsquo;s contract this year contained a $1,000 bonus if he scored 35 goals (he collected on it), $100 for each goal past 35 and a matching bonus from the club if he won the scoring title (he collected on that, too).But there weren&rsquo;t any matching clauses for All-Star or Hart Trophy.Those clauses used to be almost standard but when Detroit dominated the NHL in the 1950s, the club was paying bonuses like it had the key to Fort Knox.Howe won the scoring title five times and Ted Lindsay once. Terry Sawchuk won the Vezina three times plus the Calder, Glenn Hall won the Calder, Red Kelly won the Norris, Kelly, Dutch Reibel and Alex Delvecchio won five Lady Byngs between them and there were 23 first team All-Star selections in the 1950s and 17 second team All-Stars. &#9632;

Success Spoiled Gordie Howe, Multi-Bonus Clauses Removed

<h2>Howe Named MVP, Leafs&rsquo; Douglas Top Rookie</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01489/2190504-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg" title="f0003-01" width="557" height="821"><figcaption class="caption-body">GLENN HALL Chicago&hellip; Goal</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02391/2190497-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="549" height="821"><figcaption class="caption-body">CARL BREWER Toronto&hellip; Defense</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-03254/2190490-1-eng-US/f0003-032.jpg" title="f0003-03" width="544" height="821"><figcaption class="caption-body">PIERRE PILOTE Chicago&hellip; Defense</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-04151/2190483-1-eng-US/f0003-042.jpg" title="f0003-04" width="537" height="829"><figcaption class="caption-body">STAN MIKITA Chicago&hellip; Centre</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0596/2190476-1-eng-US/f0003-052.jpg" title="f0003-05" width="561" height="793"><figcaption class="caption-body">FRANK MAHOVLICH Toronto&hellip; Left Wing</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0745/2190469-1-eng-US/f0003-072.jpg" title="f0003-07" width="552" height="804"><figcaption class="caption-body">GORDIE HOWE Detroit&hellip; Right Wing Most Valuable Player</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0832/2190462-1-eng-US/f0003-082.jpg" title="f0003-08" width="540" height="780"><figcaption class="caption-body">KENT DOUGLAS Toronto&hellip; Best Rookie</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0665/2190455-1-eng-US/f0003-062.jpg" title="f0003-06" width="341" height="381"></div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;The Chicago Black Hawks may have fallen out of contention for the National Hockey League championship in recent weeks but they still remained solid favorities with the fans.At least this was evident in THE HOCKEY NEWS&rsquo; 16th annual All-Star team selections announced this week and selected by fans around the world.The Hawks, beaten out of the NHL league title by the Toronto Leafs, came up with the most players on the two &lsquo;dream teams&rsquo; with the Maple Leafs running a close second.In all, the Hawks placed four on the first team and two on the second squad. Toronto had two on the first and two on the second. Detroit and New York each won two places on the two teams while neither Montreal nor Boston won a single berth on either squad, a rarity for the Canadiens who have monopolized all-star teams for the last decade.The results of the poll revealed that fans everywhere pay pretty close attention to the current hockey picture. The first team in THE HOCKEY NEWS&rsquo; selections was identical with the official NHL all-star team publicized at the midway mark in the schedule.Selected to the fans&rsquo; first team were Glenn Hall of Chicago in goal; Pierre Pilote, also of the Hawks, and Carl Brewer of Toronto, defense; Stan Mikita, another Black Hawk, was picked at centre; Gordie Howe, Detroit&rsquo;s great star and scoring champion again, won the right wing berth, and Frank Mahovlich of Toronto was the left winger.Howe won double honors this season in the poll as he was also selected as most valuable player to his team. Kent Douglas, the 26-year-old Toronto defenseman, was chosen the outstanding rookie of the year.Rudy Pilous, who led the Black Hawks to the Stanley Cup two years ago, was named coach of the year on the first team beating out Detroit&rsquo;s Sid Abel, who won the honor for the second team.Picked to the second all-star squad were Lome Worsley of New York Rangers, in goal; Tim Horton of the Leafs and Chicago&rsquo;s Elmer Vasko, defense; Dave Keon of Toronto was selected for centre, Andy Bathgate of Rangers, right wing, and Chicago&rsquo;s &lsquo;Golden Boy&rsquo;, Bobby Hull, won left wing.There wasn&rsquo;t much doubt among the selectors everywhere about which players they wanted to see on the first team. Most nominations were pretty conclusive. Hall, &lsquo;Mr. Goalie&rsquo; for the Hawks and this year&rsquo;s Vezina Trophy winner, was the recipient of the most votes, 7,491, to beat out Worsley easily. The &lsquo;Gumper&rsquo; received 2,913 votes. Jacques Plante of Montreal was a distant third and Terry Sawchuk of Detroit fourth in the balloting.Mikita ran a close third to Hall in the voting with a total of 6,819 votes to top Keon, who accumulated 1,977. The closest battles for positions were on the two wings. Howe polled 6,974 votes compared to 4,086 for Bathgate to gain right wing while Mahovlich earned 5,031 votes as compared to 4,924 for Hull for left wing, which produced the closest voting in the annual poll.Pilote garnered the most votes among the defensemen with 4,334 while Brewer, the rugged Toronto backliner, was named on 3,506 ballots to capture first-team honors. Horton ranked next with 1,302 votes and Vasko had 1,244 to gain the second team defense.This year&rsquo;s fan selections produced only two repeaters on the first team. Mikita and Brewer were both on the 1961-62 team but such names as Plante, Doug Harvey, Bathgate and Hull, who were also on the starting team last year, failed to win the fans&rsquo; favor. Hall, Pilote, Howe and Mahovlich all moved up from the second team last season to the first team this year.Mahovlich&rsquo;s return to the THE HOCKEY NEWS&rsquo; first team marks the second time he has been picked on the fans&rsquo; first &lsquo;dream squad&rsquo; in the last three years. He was also named in 1960-61 at left wing.<div class="sidebar"><h2>How The Fans Picked Them</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0921/2190448-1-eng-US/f0003-092.jpg" title="f0003-09" width="1176" height="685"></div> &#9632;</div>

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Chicago Players Dominate All-Star Selections

<div class="byline">By Ken McKenzie</div>THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLYFounded October 1st 1947Published Weekly, except monthly May through September byKen-Will Publishing Co. Ltd.1434 Ste. Catherine Street WestMontreal 25, Que.Kenneth William McKenzie, Will V. Cote,Prezident and Publisher Vice-Pres, and Gen. Mgr.Yearly Subscription Rates: $3.00 in Canada and the British Commonwealth; $5.00 in the U.S.A, and Foreign CountriesPostage paid at Rouses Point, N.Y.Authorized as second-class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa, and for payment of postage in cashPrinted in CanadaVOL. 16 MONTREAL, MARCH 30, 1963 No. 26<h2>PASSING THE PUCK</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01552/2190556-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="597" height="117"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02516/2190549-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="453" height="425"></div>THE NATIONAL Hockey League is fortunate in having Jim Norris as a Governor. Here is a man who qualifies as one of the foremost sports executives to be found anywhere.Six major reasons why the tall ruggedly handsome Chicago owner rates so highly among owners of professional sports&rsquo; organizations are as follows: 1&mdash;He knows his sport. 2&mdash;Is interested in it. 3&mdash;Attends games his team plays. 4&mdash;Doesn&rsquo;t interfere with the executives he hires to run his club. 5&mdash;Not afraid to invest his own money and doesn&rsquo;t run scared when things aren&rsquo;t always going right. 6&mdash;Doesn&rsquo;t try to run the team himself.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03440/2190542-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="268" height="418"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jim Norris</figcaption></div>Norris is the first one to admit he is a fan first and always. As he told my good friend Bill Gleason of Chicago&rsquo;s American recently: &ldquo;I live and die with the Black Hawks. I&rsquo;ve been in horse racing for a number of years and it&rsquo;s nice, but horses aren&rsquo;t hockey. I&rsquo;d much rather win the Stanley Cup than the Kentucky Derby.&rdquo; And Jim isn&rsquo;t kiddingwhen he says this, either. The record shows that owner Norris wasn&rsquo;t at a Florida track a few seasons ago when his Easy Spur won a $125,000 race because he was in Montreal watching his Hawks in a playoff game.Something many hockey fans fail to realize is that Norris is the senior by a number of years among NHL owners. He has been either a League Governor or alternate Governor for 30 years. The multimillionaire sportsman has been associated with hockey for almost 40 years. &ldquo;My family operated the Shamrocks here at the Stadium,&rdquo; Jim said, &ldquo;when Major McLaughlin&rsquo;s Black Hawks still were at the Coliseum.&rdquo;&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve missed two home games this year,&rdquo; Norris told Bill Gleason almost apologetically. What he didn&rsquo;t tell Gleason is that he flies all the way from his home in Florida to attend the games in Chicago. What other professional sports magnet does this? To attend a game in Chicago recently he left a Florida horse show in which his 13-year-old daughter Susan was competing; was driven to Tampa; and flew to Chicago. He does this almost every Sunday.There is no doubt about it. The Chicago Black Hawks do indeed belong to Jim Norris&mdash;and as Bill Gleason so aptly puts it&mdash;to his heart as well as his Corporation.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04381/2190535-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="253" height="365"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gordie Howe</figcaption></div>GORDIE HOWE stands to make more money this season than any player in NHL history&hellip; Punch Imlach has come through with another masterful coaching job. The Toronto manager-coach seems to get more mileage out of older players than any one around today&hellip; Fred Hunt, popular general manager of the Buffalo Bisons, once scored six goals in 30 seconds for an American Hockey League record. He was playing for Buffalo at the time and it was during the 1945-46 season &hellip; Fans in Baltimore must think every goalie is called Marcel. The Clippers had two netminders this season and they were Marcel Faille and Marcel Pelletier&hellip; Cleveland Barons qualified for the AHL playoffs for the 23rd consecutive season. Last time they missed was in 1939-40&hellip; The Barons along with Providence Reds are the only two charter members of the AHL&hellip; Some of the California hockey writers use odd expressions. Writing about Phil Maloney of Vancouver recently one had this to say: &ldquo;Maloney scored two goals on his jam-shot specialty.&rdquo; What&rsquo;s a jam-shot?&hellip; Augie Sheibe, originally from Chicago and an old friend of Jack Portland and Toe Blake, is now the head bartender at The Reef in Long Beach, California&hellip; Augie is still as keen a hockey fan as ever and follows the happenings via THE HOCKEY NEWS each week. &#9632;

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The Hockey News

MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;The Montreal Canadiens are probably not particularly proud of the fact, but they set a new National Hockey League record for tie games by a team in one season when they played to a 4-4 draw with the Chicago Black Hawks in Montreal March 23.The Canucks replaced the Toronto Maple Leafs in the NHL record book by tieing their 23rd game of the year. The Leafs held the old mark set in 1954-55 when they too, tied 22 games in a 70-game schedule.Boston Bruins and New York Rangers both went through a season with 21 ties games before the Leafs and Canadiens came along. &#9632;

Habs’ 23rd Tie Sets Record

<div class="byline">By PAT CURRAN</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0004-05" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-05346/2190611-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">One of Canadiens&rsquo; top performers through the club&rsquo;s stretch drive in the NHL race has been little BILLY HICKE, here shown lifting the puck past goalie JOHNNY BOWER of the Leafs. Hicke&rsquo;s strong finish is sure to win him a contract for next season.</figcaption></div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;After only four games in the big-time, Jacques Laperriere had already impressed Canadiens&rsquo; Coach Toe Blake.&ldquo;Jacques is about the first fellow we&rsquo;ve had all season who really fires that puck from the blueline,&rdquo; said Blake after a fine effort by the defenseman at Boston. &ldquo;I told him that whatever he does, not to lose the habit.&rdquo;Laperriere took Toe&rsquo;s advice by setting up Canadiens&rsquo; first goal in a 3-3 tie with Toronto three nights later&mdash;a deadlock, incidentally, that gave Leafs the league title and tied Montreal in a record 22 ties with the 1954-55 Toronto team.A high scorer in junior ranks and also with Hull-Ottawa of the Eastern Pro League this season. Laperriere lets his shot go as soon as it reaches him at the blueline. He wings it from the sideboards or farther out and nearly always on the net.In setting up that Toronto goal, for his second NHL assist in four starts, Laperriere fired a high one that Goalie Don Simmons barely managed to block with his chest. But the puck fell at his feet and Dickie Moore scopped it into the net.Laperriere also looked good in a defensive role along with another rookie, Terry Harper who continued to impress the Canadiens&rsquo; brass after 12 games since he replaced the injured Tom Johnson.Speaking of Johnson, the veteran rearguard was skating twice daily all last week&mdash;after suffering a fractured cheekbone at Detroit five weeks ago&mdash;but the Montreal management doesn&rsquo;t appear anxious to use him in the playoffs.Claude Ruel, who coached Laperriere with the Junior Canadiens, feels that the tall, 21-year-old can&rsquo;t miss as a National Leaguer.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m glad that Jacques got a chance this season,&rdquo; says Ruel. &ldquo;I know he lacks experience but he has enough talent to make up for the mistakes he&rsquo;s liable to make. I&rsquo;ve said it before and I&rsquo;ll say it again&mdash;Jacques Laperriere is going to be a bright star in the NHL.&rdquo;If anything, Laperriere&rsquo;s booming shot should help improve Montreal&rsquo;s power-play in the playoffs after it was woefully weak most of the season.According to club statistician Albert Trottier, Canadiens scored only 34 goals in 218 chances with the man advantage&mdash;a far cry from some recent seasons when it was like suicide for the opposition to draw a penalty against the Montrealers.Although big Jean Beliveau scored nine of his 18 goals on power-plays and Bernard Geoffrion netted seven, Toe Blake has missed another good man on the point. Laperriere may be the answer.Besides trying to score more themselves with the man advantage, the Habs have to cure one of their worst faults if they hope to go anywhere in the playoffs. They&rsquo;ve given up no less than seven goals when their powerplays backfired in breakaways for the opposition.By comparison, through 68 games, Canadiens allowed 33 goals on 190 occasions while they have been penalized. In recent weeks, with Don Marshall and rookie Bill McCreary doing most of the penalty-killing, the Habs were able to hold off quite well while short-handed.Marshall, playing up to his old-time form in the last month of the schedule, scored four of his 13 season goals while killing off penalties. All told, Canadiens connected for six shorthanded tallies with Bill McCreary and Gilles Tremblay getting the others. &#9632;

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Rookie Laperriere Wins Praise For Quickness In Firing Puck

<div class="byline">By JACK BERRY</div>If ever a fourth place team had a chance to make a serious run for the Stanley Cup&mdash;and no fourth place club ever has won the tall silver&mdash;it&rsquo;s this year&rsquo;s Detroit Red Wings.Man-for-man, the Red Wings aren&rsquo;t the best in the National Hockey League.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01510/2190656-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg" title="f0005-01" width="273" height="380"><figcaption class="caption-body">Terry Sawchuk</figcaption></div>But they do have Gordie Howe, scoring champion this year for the sixth time and greatest player in the game. And they do have Terry Sawchuk in goal, a defense that is capable of beingas good as any, a second line of Vic Stasiuk, Norm Ullman and Floyd Smith that finished the season impressively and a solid penalty-killing team of Val Fonteyne and Bruce MacGregor.That still wouldn&rsquo;t make longshot bettors flock to the windows but the other part of the parlay might.There is the thought that Toronto, Chicago and Montreal, bunched in the frenzied finish, might have expended themselves just enough to be ripe for upset.Just go back two years for a parallel. Montreal and Toronto fought it out for first place with the Canadiens just squeezing past the Leafs by two points.So third place Chicago knocked off first place Montreal and fourth place Detroit upended Toronto in five games, winning the last four in a row after losing the opener in overtime.The Hawks went on to win the Stanley Cup in six games.But the current Red Wing edition is better than that one at every spot.Howe had his finest season since 1956-57, his last Hart and Ross Trophy combination year when he had 44 goals and 45 assists.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02472/2190649-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="537" height="825"><figcaption class="caption-body">MARCEL PRONOVOST&hellip; Showed Old Form Again</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-03378/2190642-1-eng-US/f0005-032.jpg" title="f0005-03" width="516" height="828"><figcaption class="caption-body">BILL GADSBY&hellip; Picked Best Rearguard</figcaption></div>Marcel Pronovost was back in form this term after an off-year and Bill Gadsby, who has changed his style to that of a defensive defenseman since coming to Detroit, refused to believe that he has been in the NHL for 17 long seasons.Gadsby was voted the club&rsquo;s top defenseman by the Detroit Hockey Writers Association.Big Doug Barkley, the Wings&rsquo; rookie-of-the-year, was a major factor in the blue line improvement and Howie Young kept both the opposition and his own dub hopping all season.Despite Young&rsquo;s whopping penalty record&mdash;he had more than 100 minors&mdash;only 11 goals were scored while he was in the penalty box.Detroit, most penalized team in the NHL and also the lowest scoring club most of the year, overcame the consequences of more rugged play with its penalty-killing duo of the swift-skating, tireless MacGregor and Fonteyne.As usual, the Wing offense was attuned to Howe who had a hand in more than 40 per cent of the club&rsquo;s goals.But manager-coach Sid Abel, candidate for the HOCKEY NEWS executive and coach awards, experimented with his second and third lines after the Wings dropped from the running for first or second place and aimed at bringing the club along for the playoffs.Abel&rsquo;s big move was in reuniting Stasiuk and Smith, sent to Pittsburgh to build up their scoring, with Ullman.When they returned, Ullman, whose poor production had Abel worried, soared and took off on a scoring streak of 12 straight games of a point or better with a hat trick thrown in for good measure.And for all those reasons, the Wings feel that fourth place finish or not, they have a good chance for hockey&rsquo;s top prize. &#9632;

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Red Wings Could Spell Trouble In Playoffs With Howe, Solid Defense, Two Scoring Lines

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01579/2190711-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Boston coach MILT SCHMIDT, right, believes the Bruins will become a playoff contender next season with three player additions and a nucleus of this year&rsquo;s team including BOBBY LEITER, left, shown talking with the Hub coach. &ldquo;If we can get three good men, two forwards and a defenseman, I think we not only will be in the playdowns but we will be able to challenge for the championship,&rdquo; predicted Schmidt. Leiter, a rookie this season, figures prominently in Boston&rsquo;s plans for next year.</figcaption></div>BostonBOSTON, Mass.&mdash;Milt Schmidt has taken the measure of his Bruins&mdash;and found them wanting.Wanting what?Wanting three players to become a National Hockey League contender next season.The Bruins came just about as far this season, after Schmidt was named their coach, as their playing and his coaching ability could bring them.The team gained strength during the season by the addition of Ed Westfall, Forbes Kennedy, Bob Leiter, Dean Prentice&mdash;and Schmidt.Milt believes they can better their lot next season with the same personnel.But he also believes they can become a contender for the championship for the first time since 1959 if he gets the additional manpower he&rsquo;d like.&ldquo;Give me two good forwards and a good defenseman,&rdquo; said the Bruins&rsquo; coach, &ldquo;and we&rsquo;ll be right in the thick of the fight.&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t mean we need all-stars, although I wouldn&rsquo;t mind having some. I want two good-sized, strong skaters, two good, steady forwards. And I want a good-sized, strong skating, steady defenseman.&ldquo;There are players who can fill the bill,&rdquo; said Schmidt. &ldquo;I know of some I think can, anyway.&ldquo;Give me three players like those, I&rsquo;d say, and with the good nucleus we built up this year we&rsquo;ll be in contention for the championship next season.&rdquo;For the closing weeks of the Bruins&rsquo; schedule, Schmidt used two lines and two defense pairings regularly. There is no doubt but that he plans to use the players involved in similar fashion next fall.One of the lines was that of Murray Oliver, Johnny Bucyk and Tom Williams which, for part of the season, was the highest-scoring line in the NHL. The other line was that of Guy Gendron, Leiter and Prentice which, at the end, was going the best.Schmidt finished up with Leo Boivin and Ted Green as one of his defense pairs and Doug Mohns and Ed Westfall as the other. Boivin, the body-checking veteran who may be the Bruins&rsquo; captain next season, played earlier with Westfall and did a notable job of coaching the 22-year-old youngster. Because of Boivin&rsquo;s success with Westfall, Schmidt then paired him with Green and 22-year-old Ted gained effectiveness.Schmidt also used another line of Forbes. Kennedy, Charley Burns and Jerry Toppazzini which lacked the ice time of the other two lines as a unit because Toppazzini and Burns were the Bruins&rsquo; regular penalty-killers. Kennedy played well and Toppazzini had a good season, one of his best. Burns, normally a center, played left wing almost exclusively and Charley and Topper did their customary good job of killing penalties.The Bruins&rsquo; spares were Irv Spencer as a handyman, Wayne Hicks as a forward and Warren Godfrey, defenseman.The Bruins were tighter on defense, generally, in the stretch portion of their schedule. The rookie goalkeeper, as a matter of fact, played some dazzling games here.Schmidt has conferred frequently with Johnston and told Eddie the areas in which he looks for improvement from him next fall. He has indicated his willingness to work with the goalkeeper and procure added technical advise for him if necessary.Whether or not Manager Lynn Patrick will rely on the Bruins&rsquo; organization for the personnel Schmidt says he needs is not know. The Bruins have done better using players they&rsquo;ve developed themselves in the past two years than they have using the products of other organizations, except at the NHL level. Leiter, Williams and Westfall are notable examples.Despite the Bruins&rsquo; sorry start&mdash;they won only one of their first 17 games&mdash;their attendance held up remarkably well. Only a week before they closed shop, a standingroom crowd watched them play to a sizzling 2-2 tie with the Montreal Canadiens. &#9632;

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Schmidt Predicts Bruins Will Make NHL Playoffs With Three New Faces

BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;Both of Boston&rsquo;s big scoring guns, Murray Oliver and Johnny Bucyk, watched the 1962-63 finale from the grandstand last weekend.Bucyk, the Bruins&rsquo; No. 1 scorer with 66 points, injured his shoulder against New York in the club&rsquo;s next-to-last game of the year when he was slammed into a goal post. Oliver, No. 2 man with 62 points, went out earlier with a leg injury.To plug the gaps the Bruins elevated Jeannot Gilbert and Wayne Connelly from their EPHL farm club at Kingston, Ont. &#9632;

Bucyk, Oliver Watch Finale From Stands

<div class="byline">By STAN FISCHLER</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0007-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01531/2190766-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">VIC HADFIELD&hellip; Puts Sock In Blues</figcaption></div>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;Vic Hadfield, the Ranger left wing, looks like a college senior, wears the frown of a man beset by the world&rsquo;s problems, has the sensitivity of a cleric and the mean streak of a rhinoceros.In hockey language, he&rsquo;s a &ldquo;policeman&rdquo; and in New York the six-foot, 175 pounder is looked upon as the first official tough guy since Lou Fontinato emigrated to Montreal two summers ago.It makes no more sense to disturb Hadfield on ice than it does to flirt with a rattlesnake. Vic snaps back like a boomerang and, often, with disasterous consequences.Within a week in mid-March, Hadfield had flattened Eric Nesterenko in a toe-to-toe fist fight, badly injured Fontinato as a result of a clean bodycheck and struggled fiercely with two linesmen in an effort to clobber Bobby Rousseau.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve always played rough,&rdquo; says the 22-year-old. &ldquo;I led in penalties at Buffalo and in juniors. But I first became a &lsquo;policeman&rsquo; when I was 13, playing Bantam hockey in Oakville, Ont. I&rsquo;ve never really been bombed. Never knocked down.&rdquo;A fellow trying to diagnose Hadfield asked how a &ldquo;policeman&rdquo; is born.&ldquo;As a kid,&rdquo; he explained, &ldquo;I was a little bigger than most other kids so I did a lot of hitting.&rdquo;When Hadfield was Chicago property, playing in Buffalo, he went a few rounds with Bruce Cline of Springfield. Vic was so intent on mashing Cline he broke his right hand.Hadfield talks about his fights with restraint and understatement. Describing his bouts in Baltimore early this season he off-handedly remarked: &ldquo;I had a few fights&mdash;10, I guess.&rdquo;&ldquo;Why do you get into fights?&rdquo; he was asked.&ldquo;Take Nesterenko,&rdquo; he replied. &ldquo;We went in the corner and he put his stick in my face. I told him, &lsquo;do it again and you&rsquo;d better watch your step&rsquo;.&rdquo;He did it again and Hadfield employed a boxing technique which would win the approval of Sonny Liston and friends. &ldquo;You gotta charge in,&rdquo; Vic explained. &ldquo;Chances are the guy&rsquo;ll put his head down. You give him the upper cuts and, as long as he keeps his head down, you get in good punches.&rdquo;Vic insists he does not extract great glee from a fist fight. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t get on the ice looking for trouble. I&rsquo;m there to do a job&mdash;to get the puck out to Andy (Bathgate) and Don (McKenney).&rdquo;Those who know Hadfield office will tell you he&rsquo;s as soft as cotton candy, always interested in the other fellow&rsquo;s problems.&ldquo;First thing he asks me when he comes up to the office is &lsquo;how&rsquo;s your new baby?&rdquo; said Hal Bock, the Rangers&rsquo; press aide. &ldquo;You won&rsquo;t find a nicer guy anywhere.&rdquo;Nice guys, of course, are not always desirable in the plans of Ranger coach Red Sullivan. Of the Jekyll-Hyde personality of Hadfield, Sullivan prefers the less friendly Hyde. That&rsquo;s what he wants from the newest Ranger muscleman next season at any rate.&ldquo;Vic&rsquo;s type of game is rough one,&rdquo; says Sullivan. &ldquo;He&rsquo;ll be a good scorer when he finds himself. When that happens he&rsquo;ll be good for 15 to 18 goals a year.&rdquo;Although he&rsquo;s a forward, Hadfield never has been an exceptional scorer. His best season&mdash;at St. Catherines Juniors&mdash;saw him collect 20 goals and 50 assists. But at Buffalo he scored only five goals in 62 games and had managed two goals in 33 games with the Rangers this season until last week when he scored his first NHL &ldquo;hat trick&rdquo; against Boston. It gave him a great sense of satisfaction, he confessed.Vic became New York property in June 1961 when he was drafted from Chicago. His first season in Madison Square Garden was inconspicuous. He skated poorly, handled the puck as if he had a spring on his stick and showed nothing but toughness.He was invited to training camp last fall and started the season with New York as an ornament on the bench.&ldquo;I figured I had a good training camp, playing with Bronco Horvath and Andy Hebenton but as soon as the season started they (management) changed things. Next thing I knew I was sent to Baltimore. They said I needed more seasoning.&ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t think so and I was a little unhappy, but I never thought about quitting. I reported the following day.&rdquo;Hadfield&rsquo;s Baltimore experience was as important to his growth as four years of high school is to a college student.&ldquo;It worked out for the better,&rdquo; he admits. &ldquo;In Baltimore I played quite a bit, on the power play, killing penalties and on a regular shift. In the NHL I was afraid of keeping the puck &rsquo;cause I thought I&rsquo;d make a mistake. At Baltimore I learned to control the puck, how to check and backcheck.&ldquo;I scored a couple of goals, hit a few guys and really enjoyed it.&rdquo;Shortly after Red Sullivan became Ranger coach, Red elevated Hadfield from Baltimore. &ldquo;You play the same game you played there,&rdquo; Sully advised, &ldquo;and I&rsquo;ll be satisfied.&rdquo;Hadfield was inserted on the number one line with Andy Bathgate and Don McKenney but a flu attack weakened him.&ldquo;My weight dropped to 171,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;When you&rsquo;re that low you don&rsquo;t go after the 200 pounders. But, after a while, I figured I couldn&rsquo;t wait any longer. So I started hitting again.&rdquo;Married and the father of Michelle, a year and a half, and Julie, six months, Hadfield hit the headlines after his collision with Fontinato at the Forum. It was on the night of March 9th. Hadfield, who had tangled with Fontinato earlier in the season, went into the corner after the puck. The Canadiens&rsquo; defenseman seemed to see Vic out of the corner of his eye and appeared to duck at the last minute.Fontinato bounced off Hadfield and flew headfirst into the boards where he remained limp and, eventually, was carried off the ice on a stretcher.&ldquo;I was right on top of the play,&rdquo; said Ranger defenseman Doug Harvey. &ldquo;It was a clean play all the way. No question about that.&rdquo;Just what effect the incident will have on Hadfield won&rsquo;t be known until next season. He&rsquo;s still wearing the same frown and appears as intent as ever. &#9632;

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Hadfield Seen New ‘Tough Guy’ In Rangers’ Plans For Next Year

NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;Like teammate Andy Bathgate, Vic Hadfield earns his offseason pay as a golf pro. Vic&rsquo;s base is the Trafalgar Golf and Country Club in Oakville, Ont.&ldquo;I started playing golf when I was 12,&rdquo; says Vic. &ldquo;I used to clean clubs in the shop. This is my second year as a pro.&rdquo;Vic starts swinging April 1st &ldquo;If the weather is nice.&rdquo; &#9632;

Vic, Bathgate Alike Both Are Golf Pros

&ldquo;you like 7UP 7UP likes you&rdquo;<h2>How They Stand</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01565/2190828-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="625" height="248"></div>GAMES COMPLETEDTues., Mar. 19Detroit 5, Chicago 1Wed., Mar. 20Canadians 3, Toronto 3Rangers 5, Boaton 1Thurs., Mar. 21Rangers 2, Boston 2Sat., Mar. 23Chicago 4, Canadians 4Detroit 2, Toronto 1Sun., Mar. 24Rangers 5, Canadians 0Detroit 3, Toronto 2Chicago 4, Boston 3<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02494/2190821-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="619" height="1380"></div> &#9632;

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;Guy Gendron, the fiery winger of the Boston Bruins, was forced to sit out the final game of the 1962-63 National Hockey League season as the result of elbowing Referee Vern Buffey.NHL President Clarence Campbell informed the 28-year-old eightyear veteran that he was suspended for Boston&rsquo;s final game and fined $200.Campbell, who interviewed Gendron here, made the announcement before the Bruins game which closed the season against Chicago. Gendron was kept out of the lineup.The Boston forward was charged with pushing Buffey in a game March 21 here against Rangers when Gendron became infuriated over a penalty call made by Buffey. The referee promptly tossed him out of the game.Gendron wound up the season with 21 goals, 22 assists and 43 points for the Bruins. &#9632;

Gendron Slapped With $200 Fine For Elbowing Ref

<div class="byline">By STAN FISCHLER</div>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;Followers of the New York Rangers, who still cannot comprehend why the Manhattan club finished in fifth place while Toronto Maple Leafs wound up on top, may be enlightened by Red Sullivan.The New York coach, who was imported from Baltimore last December to ressurect the forlorn Rangers, has spent three months diagnosing his patients.Many observers felt Sullivan had as much chance of success as all the king&rsquo;s horses and all the king&rsquo;s men reclaiming Humpty-Dumpty.But the Redhead has worked hard and thought hard on the subject and the other day, after New York had lost 2-1 to Toronto, explained the results of his flouroscope. It was simplicity itself.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03408/2190883-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="269" height="417"><figcaption class="caption-body">Red Sullivan</figcaption></div>&ldquo;We were outplayed,&rdquo; he said, &ldquo;we were outskated, we were outshot, outhit and outhustled. That&rsquo;s why we&rsquo;re where we are and they (Toronto) are where they are.&rdquo;Admittedly, the Rangers have done little to becalm Sullivan&rsquo;s hyperactive ulcer in recent weeks although the Blues did manage to beat out Boston for the NHL&rsquo;s &ldquo;Southern Division&rdquo; title by finishing fifth.When Red inherited the club shortly before New Year&rsquo;s, the Rangers owned an 11 won 19 lost 4 tied record. General manager Muzz Patrick had directed the club until then.Sullivan&rsquo;s debut caused the normal flurry of new coach wins but the Rangers, despite Sully&rsquo;s orations, soon reverted to their previous state of inertia. With the season ended, New York, under Red, had a record of 10 won 17 lost 8 tied. About the same as with Muzz directing.Those in Rangerville seeking cause to rejoice these days found it only in the scoring of Andy Bathgate and Camille Henry, the rambunctiousness of Vic Hadfield and the steady progress of rookie defenseman, Jim Neilson.&ldquo;He&rsquo;ll be a great one,&rdquo; said Patrick of Neilson early in the season but skeptics chose to dismiss the elation until further notice.Neilson, who received at mid season as little recognition in New York as Red China, began to move in late January and has improved so admirably some observers are inclined to believe Patrick was right.As for the other Rangers, their future remains clouded as they depart for an earlier-than-hoped-for vacation.Although the management has not yet offered an official declaration, the feeling remains that the Blues will undergo one of the most pronounced upheavals since Vesuvius went wild a few years ago.The hope, of course, is that the quake will put Rangers on top, with Toronto somewhere around fifth place. In the meantime, the Rangers will observe the playoffs this Spring in the unpleasant role of spectators.RANGERABILIA: Blues imported Ralph Keller and Don Johns from Baltimore for look-sees on defense. The two are possibilities for next season with Doug Harvey due to retire&hellip; Leaf All-Star Carl Brewer calls Camille Henry &ldquo;one of the class players in hockey. Very respected.&rdquo;&hellip; Rod Gilbert wound up lacklustre rookie year with a Charley horse&hellip; Despite early elimination from playoff contention, Ranger attendance held up down to the wire&hellip; Blue publicist Herb Goren was feted at the Rangers Fan Club banquet for his 13th birthday with the Rangers. Writers presented Herb with an ice bucket. &#9632;

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Rangers Due For Major Off-Season Shake-Up Sullivan Said Disenchanted With Blues Lack Of Hustle

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0008-04" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-04320/2190921-1-eng-US/f0008-042.jpg"></div>Gordie Howe became the National Hockey League scoring champion this season for the sixth time In his brilliant career and what makes the feat all the more remarkable is the fact that the great Detroit right winger is 35 years old&mdash;an age when most hockey players are either thinking of or are already In retirement.The indestructible Howe this season recorded his best year in the NHL since 1956-57 as he scored 38 goals and added 48 assists for a total of 86 points&mdash;five more than Andy Bathgate of Rangers.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-05254/2190914-1-eng-US/f0008-052.jpg" title="f0008-05" width="257" height="413"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gordie Howe</figcaption></div>The big, bull-like winger, who is in his 17th NHL season and hopes to play 20 years, also closed the gap between himself and the retired Maurice Richard in the race to become hockey&rsquo;s all-time goal-scoring champion. Richard left the NHL two years ago after scoring 544 goals. Howe&rsquo;s 38 this season moved his career total to 540 putting him in a position to surpass the Rocket at the outset of next season.Howe wound up the 1962-63 season by scoring his 37th and 38th of goals of the year with his second proving the winner over Toronto Leafs.Winning the NHL scoring title proved to be lucrative for Howe. He won possession of the Art Ross Trophy and picked up $1,500 in bonus money as well, $1,000 for leading the race at the end of the year and another $500 for topping the second half. He was far behind Bathgate, the first-half leader, after 35 games.Player&rsquo;s Is pleased to salute Gordie Howe for his tremendous season and accords him the honor of player-of-the-week in the closing weekend of the 1962-63 NHL schedule. &#9632;

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Gordie Howe… …Detroit Wings

Tues., March 19DETROIT 5, CHICAGO 1DETROIT&mdash;Goal: Sawchuk; defence: M. Pro-novost, Gadsby; centre: Delvecchio; wings: Howe. P. MacEonald; subs: Young, Barkley, Ullman, L. MacDonald, Stasiuk, Faulkner, A. Pronovost, MacGregor, Smith, Goegan, Fonteyne.CHICAGO&mdash;Goal: Hall; defence: Vasko, Pilots; centre: Hay; wings: Hull, Balfour; subs: Turner, Evans, Lunde, McDonald, Nesterenko, Maki, Wharram, MacNeil, Hillman, Mikita.FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Detroit, Ullman (Goegan, Stasiuk)&hellip;&hellip; 14:19Penalties: Maki 1:57, Smith 11:05, Goegan15:41, Hull 17:24, Stasiuk, Hillman 19:06.SECOND PERIOD2&mdash;Detroit, Howe(P. MacDonald, Delvecchio)&hellip;&hellip; 1:341&mdash;Chicago, Wharram (Mikita, Lunde)&hellip;&hellip; 9:49Penalties: Pilote 0:16, Vasko 3:29, Howe, MacNeil 8:21, Evans, Ullman 12:06.THIRD PERIOD4&mdash;Detroit, Delvecchio(Howe, P. MacDonald)&hellip;&hellip; 0:405&mdash;Detroit, MacGregor (Fonteyne)&hellip;&hellip; 6:246&mdash;Detroit, Ullman (Stasiuk, Smith) 11:29Penalties: Ullman 4:06, Mikita 5:17, Howe 6:13.Wed., March 20TORONTO 3, CANADIENS 3TORONTO&mdash;Goal: Simmons; defence: Horton, subs.: Brewer, Kelly, Duff, Armstrong, Stewart, Stanley; centre: Pulford; wings: Nevin, MacMillan, Keon, Harris, Douglas, Baun, Shack, Litzenberger, CANADIENS&mdash;Goal: Plante; defence: Harper, Talbot; centre, Beliveau; wings: Rousseau, G. Tremblay; subs.: J. C. Tremblay, Geoffrion, Provost, Backstrom, Hicke, Moore, Richard, Berenson, Marshall, McCreary, Laperriere.FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Toronto, Keon (Kelly) 0:232&mdash;Toronto, Pulford (MacMillan, Kelly)&hellip;. 9:593&mdash;Canadiens, Moore (Laperriere, Richard) 18:30Penalties: Harper 8:18, Stanley 17:27, Talbot 19:09.SECOND PERIOD4&mdash;Canadiens, Backstrom (Hicke, Marshall) 5:135&mdash;Canadiens, Backstrom (Marshall) 12:446&mdash;Toronto, Keon (Duff, Nevin) 19:52Penalties: none.THIRD PERIODPenalties: Backstrom 8:41, Douglas 9:32.SavesPLANTE&hellip;&hellip; 5 8 8&mdash;21SIMMONS&hellip;&hellip; 12 10 7&mdash;NEW YORK 5, BOSTON 1BOSTON&mdash;Goal: Johnston; defence: Boivin, Green, Godfrey, Westfall, Mohns; forwards: Bucyk, Burns, Williams, Hicks, Kennedy, Prentice, Toppazzini, Spencer, Gendron, Leiter, J. Gilbert, glois, Harvey, Howell, Neilson, Rupp; forwards:NEW YORK&mdash;Goal: Worsley; defence: Lan-Hextall, R. Gilbert, Balon, Bathgate, Ingarfield, Hadfield, Hebenton, Rochefort, McKenney, Sehin-Refereed Ashley, Linesmen: Wicks, Armstrong.FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;New York, Hadfield&hellip;&hellip; 6:19Penalties: McKenney 2:44, Green 12:41, Langlois 18:19.SECOND PERIOD2&mdash;New York, Hadfield(McKenney, Bathgate) 12:41Penalty: Spencer&hellip;&hellip; 16:14.THIRD PERIOD3&mdash;Boston, Kennedy (Bucyk, Williams)&hellip;&hellip; 9:024&mdash;New York, Hadfield(Bathgate, McKenney)&hellip;&hellip; 10:065&mdash;New York, Hebenton (Schinkel)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 16:396&mdash;New York, Henry (Bathgate, Langlois)&hellip;&hellip; 18:29Penalties: Kennedy 3:23, Neilson 12:17, Harvey 14:16, Hadfield 19:55.Thurs., March 21BOSTON 2, NEW YORK 2BOSTON&mdash;Goal: Johnston; defence: Westfall, Mohns; centre: Leiter; wings: Gendron, Prentice; subs.: Kennedy, Williams, Bucyk, Burns, Toppazzini, J. Gilbert, Spencer, Hicks, Godfrey, Green, Boivin.NEW YORK&mdash;Goal: Worsley; defence: Harvey. Langlois; centre: McKenney; wings: Bathgate, garfield, Rochefort, Balon, Schinkel, R. Gilbert, Hadfield; subs.: Hextail, Hebenton, Henry, InNeilson, Howell, Keller, Rupp.Referee: Vern Buffey; linesmen: Neil Armstrong, Ron Wicks.FIRST PERIODNo scoring..Penalties: Gendron (game misconduct) 7:17, Mohns 7:17, Harvey (10 min. misconduct) 12:14.SECOND PERIOD1&mdash;Boston, Bucyk (Leiter, Hicks)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 6:30 Penalties: Langlois 5:33, R. Gilbert 14:11.THIRD PERIOD2&mdash;New York, Henry (Hebenton, Harvey)&hellip;&hellip; 1:183&mdash;New York, McKenney(Hadfield, Bathgate)&hellip;&hellip; 10:044&mdash;Boston, Green (Kennedy)&hellip;&hellip; 13:03Penalties: Ingarfield 4:56, Boivin 15:24. Saves:JOHNSTON&hellip;&hellip; 14 9 8&mdash;31WORSLEY&hellip;&hellip; 7 12 8&mdash;28Sat., March 23DETROIT 2, TORONTO 1TORONTO&mdash;Goal: Bower; defence: Stanley, Horton; centre: Pulford; wings: Shack, Nevin; subs.: Mahovlich, Brewer, Kelly, Horton, Stewart, Duff, Armstrong, Harris, Douglas, Baun, Lltzen-berge.DETROIT&mdash;Goal: Sawchuk; defence-. Pronovost, Young; centre: Ullman; wings: Fonteyne, Delvecchio; subs.: Gadsby, Barkley, L. MacDonald, Stasiuk, Faulkner, Goegan, Henderson, P MacDonald, Joyal.Referee: Buffy; linesmen: Wicks, Armstrong.FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Detroit, Howe (Delvecchio)&hellip;&hellip; 3:302&mdash;Toronto, Kelly (Armstrong, Pulford)&hellip;&hellip; 18:24Penalties: Mahovlich 1:47, Henderson minor, major), Duff (major) 4:37, Mahovlich 13:55, Goegan 17:27.SECOND PERIODNo scoring.Penalty: Duff 11:19.THIRD PERIOD3&mdash;Detroit. Faulkner (A. Pronovost)&hellip;&hellip; 7:18Penalty Barkley 8:02.Saves:BOWER&hellip;&hellip; 9 10 6&mdash;25SAWCHUK&hellip;&hellip; 11 11 H&mdash;33CANADIENS 4, CHICAGO 4CANADIENS&mdash;Goal: Plante; defence: Talbot, Harper; centre; Richard; wings: Moore, Provost; subs.: J. C. Tremblay, Beliveau, Geoffrion, Backstrom, Hicke, Gauthier, Rousseau, G. Tremblay, Marshall, McCreary, Laperriere.CHICAGO&mdash;Goal: Hall; defence: Pilote, Vasko; centre: Hay; wings: McDonald, Nesterenko; subs.: Turner, Evans, Fleming, Hull, Balfour, Murphy, Maki, Wharram, Mikita, MacNeil, Erickson.Referee: Udvari, linesmen: Pavellch, Hayes.FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Canadiens, Hicke(J. C. Tremblay, Marshall)&hellip;&hellip; 8:112&mdash;Chicago, Murphy (Pilote, Mikita)&hellip;&hellip; 14:17Penalties: Nesterenko 11:33, Fleming 18:11.SECOND PERIOD3&mdash;Canadiens, HickeO. C. Tremblay. Richard)&hellip;&hellip; 5:564&mdash;Canadiens, Harper (Richard, G. Tremblay) 8:05 Penalties: Beliveau 8:53, MacNeil, Harper10:06, Erickson 12:21, Beliveau 17:31.THIRD PERIOD5&mdash;Canadiens, Provost (Richard, McCreary) 1:259&mdash;Chicago, Wharram (Murphy, Mikita)&hellip; 9:537&mdash;Chicago, Fleming (MacNeil, Pilote)&hellip; 12:438&mdash;Chicago, Pilote(Murphy, Nesterenko)&hellip;&hellip; 17:03Penalties: Hay 5:59, Fleming 6:51, 0. Tremblay 15:26.Saves:PLANTE&hellip;&hellip; 4 13 4&mdash;21HALL&hellip;&hellip; 8 4 10&mdash;22Sun., March 24NEW YORK 5, CANADIENS 0NEW YORK&mdash;Goal: Worsley; defence: Harvey, Howell; centre: McKenney; wings: Bathgate, Hadfield; subs.: Langlois, Hextail, Gilbert, Balon, Ingarfield, Hebenton, Neilson, Rochefort, Schinkel, Henry.CANADIENS&mdash;Goal: Plante; defence: Talbot, subs.: J. C. Tremblay, Beliveau, Geoffrion, Back-Harper; centre: Richard; wings: Moore, Provost; strom, Hicke, Gauthier, Rousseau, G. Tremblay, Marshall, McCreary, Laperriere.Referee: Art Skov, linesmen: Walt Atanas, George Hayes.FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;New York, Henry (Ingarfield, Bathgate)) 2:25 Penalties: Harper 0:54, Rochefort 7:47, Laperriere 12:04.SECOND PERIOD2&mdash;New York, McKenney (Henry, Langlois) 11:153&mdash;New York, Schinkel (Neilson)&hellip;&hellip; 12:15Penalties: J. C. Tremblay 9:25, Rochefort14:27, Backstrom 14:27, Ingarfield 15:31.THIRD PERIOD4&mdash;New York, Henry&hellip;&hellip; 13:045&mdash;New York, Bathgate (Hadfield, Harvey).. 18:22 Penalties: Gilbert 4:21, Hicke (major) 11:35 Schinkel (major) 11:35, Rousseau 12:53, Moore 17:16.WORSLEY&hellip;&hellip; 11 5 11&mdash;27PLANTE&hellip;&hellip; 5 8 10&mdash;DETROIT 3, TORONTO 2DETROIT&mdash;Goal; Sawchuk; defence: M. Pronovost, Gadsby; centre: Faulkner; wings: A. Pronovost, Hebenton; subs.: Young, Barkley, Ullman, Howe, Delvecchio, Stasiuk, Goegan, Fonteyne, P. MacDonald, Joyal.TORONTO&mdash;Goal: Bower; defence: Horton, Stanley; centre: Pulford; wings. Shack. Litzenberger; subs., Kelly, Brewer, Duff, Armstrong, Stewart, Harris, Douglas, Baun, Mahovlich.Referee: Udvari, linesmen: Wicks, Armstrong.FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Detroit, P. McDonald (Joyal, Howe)&hellip;&hellip; 7:362&mdash;Detroit, Joyal (Delvecchio))&hellip;&hellip; 14:41Penalties: Litzenberger, A. Pronovost 5:36, Horton 7:26, P. MacDonald 8:48, Baun 12:38, Henderson 16:19, Shack 19:21, Stewart, Barkley 20:00.SECOND PERIOD3&mdash;Detroit, Howe (P. MacDoneld, Joyal))&hellip;&hellip; 1:324&mdash;Toronto, Litzenberger (Brewer)&hellip;&hellip; 4:195&mdash;Toronto, Horton (Pulford)&hellip;&hellip;6 4:34Penalties. Howe 6:28, Shack, Howe 8:54, Stanley, Young 10:23, Young 13:30, A. Pronovost 16:04, Kelly, Howe 16:29, Litzenberger 19:16.THIRD PERIODNo scoring.Penalties: Ullman 3:50, Litzenberger, Goegan 6:55, Brewer 10:36.SAWCHUK&hellip;&hellip; 8 9 7-24BOWER&hellip;&hellip; 13 11 12&mdash;36CHICAGO 4, BOSTON 3BOSTON&mdash;Goal: Johnston; defence; Green, Boivin; centre: Leiter; wings: Prentice, Connellyi subs.: Gilbert, Toppazzini, Burns, Hicks, Spencer, Johns, Godfrey, Kennedy, Williams, Ravlich.CHICAGO&mdash;Goal: Hall; defence: Pilote, Vasko; centre: Hay; wings: McDonald, Nesterenko; subs,: tikita, Wharram, Maki, Balfour, Murphy, Lunde, Turner, Evans, Fleming, Erickson, MacNeil.Referee: Ashley; linesmen: Pavelich, Frampton, FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Boston, Prentice (Spencer, Leiter)&hellip;&hellip; 7:372&mdash;Chicago, Lunde (Maki, Balfour)&hellip;&hellip; 10:00Penalties: Nesterenko 7:33, Green 8:26.SECOND PERIOD3&mdash;Boston, Hicks (Boivin, Spencer)&hellip;&hellip; 19:37Penalties: Green 5:19, MacNeil, Williams (6 min) 11:15, Hicks 11:45, Balfour, Erickson 17:42, Mohns 19:15.THIRD PERIOD4&mdash;Chicago, Hay (Vasko. McDonald) 9:275&mdash;Chicago, Murphy (Wharram, Evans)&hellip;.. 12:516&mdash;Chicago, Nesterenko (McDonald, Hay)&hellip;&hellip; 13:537&mdash;Boston, Ravlich (Godfrey, Kennedy)&hellip;. 14:49 Penalties: none.JOHNSTON&hellip;&hellip; 18 9 10&mdash;37HALL&hellip;&hellip; 3 8 8&mdash;19<h2>Point Race</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01550/2190980-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="646" height="4215"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02523/2190973-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="553" height="565"><figcaption class="caption-body">HENRI RICHARD</figcaption></div>&hellip; Top NHL Playmaker<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03467/2190966-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="594" height="607"><figcaption class="caption-body">CAMILLE HENRY</figcaption></div>&hellip; Second Highest Sniper<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-04401/2190959-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="641" height="613"><figcaption class="caption-body">ANDY BATHGATE</figcaption></div>&hellip; Runner-up In Scoring<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-05321/2190952-1-eng-US/f0009-052.jpg" title="f0009-05" width="552" height="577"><figcaption class="caption-body">HOWIE YOUNG</figcaption></div>&hellip; Most Penalized Player &#9632;

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National Hockey League Summaries

GORDON&rsquo;S DRY GINPerfect with any mixGORDON&rsquo;S DRY GINMakes a Martini Perfect<h2>How They Stand</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03412/2191018-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="607" height="427"></div>GAMES COMPLETEDTues., Mar. 19Baltimore 3, Rochester 2Quebec 2, Cleveland 1Wed., Mar. 20Hershey 4, Rochester 1Springfield 7, Pittsburgh 4Fri., Mar. 22Rochester 7, Providence. 4Sat., Mar. 23Providence 2, Buffalo 1Cleveland 3, Hershey 3Baltimore 4, Pittsburgh 3Springfield 5, Quebec 3Sun., Mar. 24Cleveland 3, Buffalo 2Providence 6, Pittsburgh 1Quebec 3, Rochester 2Springfield 7, Baltimore 4<h2>Point Race</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-04317/2191011-1-eng-US/f0010-042.jpg" title="f0010-04" width="614" height="829"></div> &#9632;

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AMERIACN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By BUSTER CLEGG</div>PROVIDENCE, R.I.&mdash;Young Eddie Giacomin, a sensation in the Rhode Island Reds nets since early January, is a man who arrived on the scene four games too late.At this writing, the 24-year-old netminder leads all American Hockey League goaltenders with a spectacular 2.55 goals-against average. However, there is a hitch. Giacomin can&rsquo;t finish on top I.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01564/2191049-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="274" height="436"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ed Giacomin</figcaption></div>According to rules established by the AHL&rsquo;s board of governors, a goaltender must participate in 60 per-cent of the season&rsquo;s schedule in order to qualify for any individual honors, including All-Star recognition.Rased on the current 72-game set-up, 43 games-played is the requirement this season. Giacomin has played 33 and the Reds only have six left to play.Simple arithmatic reveals that the Reds goaltender will fall four games short of the number which could have, if reached, earned him the best goaltending average in the league and a possible All-Star berth.For the past four years Eddie has been the on and off regular of the R.I. Reds. In 1960-61 he was called up from the New York Rovers and participated in half the schedule. Last year he split duties with veteran Gil Mayer.Last fall Giacomin and Mayer waged a heated battle for the Providence goaltending job. The more experienced Mayer won the job.Eddie played only two games early in the season, but in January Mayer took ill and Giacomin stepped into the nets on a regular basis.Since that time Giacomin has been the heart and soul of the Reds continued struggle for first place in the Eastern Division. Time and again he&rsquo;s delivered the &ldquo;big&rdquo; stop of the game, saving the Reds at crucial points.In addition, Ed has chalked-up three shut-outs, all against tough Eastern Division rivals.As far as this season goes, Eddie is a man who arrived on the job four games too late. However, the future holds great things for this talented athlete. If judgement serves right, Giacomin is destined for a bright future in pro hockey. &#9632;

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AHL Rule Hard ’On Late Comers’ Like Giacomin

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02491/2191080-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="510" height="846"><figcaption class="caption-body">TERRY GRAY</figcaption></div>QUEBEC CITY, Que.&mdash;If Terry Gray never scores another goal, he&rsquo;s earned his salary for the 1962-63 season as far as the Quebec Aces are concerned.The former NHL castoff this year has set a fantastic record for the Aces scoring the winning goal 23 times in Quebec&rsquo;s first 31 victories.For example, Gray tallied the deciding goal three times in one week recently to practically clinch a Calder Cup playoff berth single handed for the Aces. The six-foot, 175-pound right winger is a fine, aggressive hockey player who probably would have still been in the big time if he had learned to check more effectively.The Aces figure the 25-year-old Gray will be back on top if he continues to play the way he has this season in the AHL. He played 43 games for the Boston Bruins last year before leing sent down to Kingston of the EPHL. Quebec picked him up from Montreal Canadiens on loan after he was purchased by the Habs during the off-season from the Bruins.Gray knows how to put the puck in the net He showed that two years ago when he sank 40 goals in 69 games for Hull-Ottawa, which prompted the Bruins to take a chance on him. &#9632;

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Gray Scores 23 Winning Goals To Boost Aces

Tues., March 19QUEBEC 2, CLEVELAND 1FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Quebec, LabaJie (Lewicki) _&mdash;-&hellip;. 3:092&mdash;Cleveland, Masterton (Glover, Ferguson) 7:123&mdash;Quebec, Gray (labrosse, Burchell)&hellip;&hellip;14:17Penalty: Ferguson 19:22.SECOND PERIODNo scoring.Penalties: None.THIRD PERIODNo scoring.Penalty: Bergman 7:32.BALTIMORE 3, ROCHESTER 2FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Baltimore, Taylor (Creighton, Johns)&hellip;&hellip; 10:48 Penalties: Keller 4:06, Brown 6:34.SECOND PERIOD2&mdash;Baltimore, Creighton (Pearson, Ford)&hellip;&hellip; 5:473&mdash;Baltimore, Rupp (Creighton, Ford)&hellip;&hellip; 9:13Penalties: Gamble 9:08, Pelletier 13:51, Keller 19:32.THIRD PERIOD4&mdash;Rochester, Sly (Keenan)&hellip;&hellip; 1:445&mdash;Rochester, Pappin (Lawson, Jarrett)&hellip;16:43 Penalties: Smrke 2:26, Ehrenverth 4:33, Sly 12:09, Keller 14:09.Wed., March 20SPRINGFIELD 7, PITTSBURGH 4FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Springfield, Cline (Boyer)&hellip;&hellip; 1:052&mdash;Pittsburgh, Jeffrey (Hynes, Johnson)&hellip;. 2:003&mdash;Pittsburgh, Dillabough (Menard, Balfour)&hellip;&hellip; 4:014&mdash;Pittsburgh, Dillabough (Hynes, Chiz)&hellip;&hellip; 12:555&mdash;Springfield, D. Anderson(Amadio, Olson)&hellip;&hellip; 14:19Penalty: Walsh 5:05.SECOND PERIOD6&mdash;Springfield, Sweeney (Boyer, Amadio). 2:247&mdash;Pittsburgh, Joyal (Glover, Jeffrey)&hellip;&hellip; 10:528&mdash;Springfield, Boyer (Cline, Sweeney)&hellip;&hellip; 19:44 Penalties, Amadio 9:05, Walsh 14:13, Boyer 14:26.THIRD PERIOD9&mdash;Springfield, Cline (Sweeney, Boyer)&hellip;.. 11:1410&mdash;Springfield, Olson (Boyer, White) 19:1011&mdash;Springfield, Amadio (Sweeney)&hellip;&hellip; 19:21 Penalties: Cote 6:15, Amadio, Walsh 837.HERSHEY 4, ROCHESTER 1FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Hershey, Mortson (Meissner, Locas) 17:10Penalties: Zeidel 1:49, Ashbee 12:14.SECOND PERIOD2&mdash;Hershey, Dejordy (Rivers, Marshall)&hellip; 5:523&mdash;Rochester, Horvath (Ehman, Gamble)&hellip;.12:11 Penalties, Armstrong 4:45, Reaume 6:32.THIRD PERIOD4&mdash;Hershey, Mortson (Yanosik, Locas)&hellip;&hellip; 7:465&mdash;Hershey, Locas (Mortson, Meissner)&hellip;. 19:20 Penalties, None.Fri., March 22ROCHESTER 7, PROVIDENCE 4FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Rochester, Keenan (Ubriaco, Smrke)&hellip; 9:122&mdash;Rochester, Gamble (Ehman, Horvath)&hellip;&hellip; 11:43 Penalties: Draper (two minors) 14:44.SECOND PERIOD3&mdash;Rochester, Draper (Jarrett, Pappin)&hellip;&hellip; 13:424&mdash;Providence, MacQueen(Toppazzini, Blackburn)&hellip;&hellip; 14:495&mdash;Rochester, Ehman (Gamble, Horvath)&hellip; 15:20 Penalties: Armstrong 0:40, Brilliant (misconduct 7:42.THIRD PERIOD6&mdash;Providence, Ranieri (Pidhirny, Beckett)&hellip;&hellip; 3:257&mdash;ochester, Pappin (Jarrett, Brown)&hellip;&hellip; 8:308&mdash;Rochester, Horvath (Gamble, Ehman)&hellip; 10:369&mdash;Providence, Poliziani (Major, Baluik)&hellip; 13:4810&mdash;Providence, MacQueen(Toppazzini, Ottenbriet)&hellip;&hellip; 15:5911&mdash;Rochester, Pappin (Jarrett, Draper)&hellip;&hellip; 17:16 Penalties: MacQueen 4:49, Blackburn 9:00.Saves: Giacomin 37, Perreault, McNamara 26.Sat., March 23SPRINGFIELD 5, QUEBEC 3FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Springfield, Anderson&hellip;&hellip; 13:152&mdash;Quebec, Sutherland (Morrison, Burchell) 18:35 Penalties: Gray, Kilrea 12:22, Hillman 16:48.SECOND PERIOD3&mdash;Springfield, McCord (Cote, Olson)&hellip;&hellip; 5:194&mdash;Springfield, Sweeney (Hillman, Boyer)&hellip;&hellip; 9:435&mdash;Springfield, Sweeney (Boyer, Cline)&hellip;&hellip; 10:336&mdash;Springfield, White (McCord, Cote)&hellip;&hellip; 14:517&mdash;Quebec, Sutherland (Gray, Burchell)&hellip;. 15:22 Penalties: Boyer 2:53, Olson, Black 6:24, Black, Sleaver 12:44.THIRD PERIOD8&mdash;Quebec, Hoekstra (Dineen, Cossette)&hellip;. 12:46 Penalties: Sutherland 3:23, Hanna, Cline 19:30.Saves: Wood 20, Hodge 32.BALTIMORE 4, PITTSBURGH 3FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Baltimore, Hampson (Taylor)&hellip;&hellip; 0:082&mdash;altimore, Taylor (Hampson)&hellip;&hellip; 15:033&mdash;Pittsburgh, Chiz (Menard, Marcon)&hellip;&hellip; 17:02Penalties Taylor 0:28, Glover 4:43, Menard8:43, Keller 9:45, Hines 19:38.SECOND PERIOD4&mdash;Baltimore, McGregor (Taylor, Hampson)&hellip;&hellip; 0:325&mdash;Baltimore, Ratelie (Ehrenverth, Keller)&hellip;&hellip; 9:066&mdash;Pittsburgh, Johnson (Jeffrey, Wall)&hellip;&hellip; 15:09 Penalties: Pearson, Marcon (major) 9:48,Odrowski 15:42, Keller 16:06.THIRD PERIOD7&mdash;Pittsburgh, Martin (Menard, Chiz)&hellip;&hellip; 9:34Penalties: Menard 4:52, McGregor 5:24,Odrowski 6:58. 19:38.Saves: Riggin 29, Pelletier 14.PROVIDENCE 2, BUFFALO 1FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Buffalo, Dea (Melnyk, Smith)&hellip;&hellip; 8:41Penalty: Baliuk 8:21.SECOND PERIODNo scoring.Penalties: B. Wilson 8:39, Ranieri 12:00, Baliuk 17:28, B. Wilson 19:42.THIRD PERIOD2&mdash;Providence, Mazur (MacQueen, Baliuk)&hellip;&hellip; 0:513&mdash;Providence, Mazur&hellip;&hellip; 18:27Penalties: MacQueen 14:29.Saves: Dejordy 25, Giacomin 48.CLEVELAND 3, HERSHEY 3FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Cleveland, Ferguson&hellip;&hellip; 8:44Penalties: Ferguson 2:04, Yanosik (misconduct) 3:24, Needham 7:00, Boddy 10:21, Needham (major), Zeidel (minor and major) 12:10, Mattiussi 13:08, Nikoluk 18:17, Ashbee 18:52.SECOND PERIOD2&mdash;Hershey, Meissner (Mahoney, Zeidel)&hellip;. 5:163&mdash;Hershey, Dejordy&hellip;&hellip; 9:164&mdash;Cleveland, Van Impe (Ciesla, Williams)&hellip;&hellip; 19:18 Penalties: Needham 1:50, Szura, Rivers4:21, Rivers 10:30.THIRD PERIOD5&mdash;Cleveland, Ciesla (Hilts, Mikol)&hellip;&hellip; 1:466&mdash;Hershey, Meissner (Ashbee, Morton).. 5:38 Penalties: Glover, Zeidel 2:58, Szura 7:55,Bergman 19:31.OVERTIME PERIODNo scoring.Penalty: Duff 3:52. Saves: Chadwick 29, Binkley 35.Sun., March 24PROVIDENCE 6, PITTSBURGH 1FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Providence, Poliziani&hellip;&hellip; 4:362&mdash;Providence, Toppazzini(Ottenbriet, MacQueen)&hellip;&hellip; 6:143&mdash;Providence, Poliziani(MacQueen, Kraftcheck)&hellip; 12:184&mdash;Providence, Mazur 17:355&mdash;Providence, Beckett (Ranieri, Pidhirny)&hellip;&hellip; 18:42 Penalties: Lafreniere 7:12, Mazur 7:12, Pidhirny 14:09, Lafreniere 14:09, McGeough 15:03 Odrowski 15:35.SECOND PERIOD6&mdash;Pittsburgh, Menard (Balfour, Chiz)&hellip;&hellip; 3:037&mdash;Providence, Ranieri(Beckett, Kraftcheck)&hellip; 16:15Penalties: Mazur 0:50, Beckett 6:38.THIRD PERIODNo scoring.Penalties: Blackbum 11:24, Flaman 15:35. Saves: Riggin 36, Ciacomin 39.QUEBEC 3, ROCHESTER 2FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Rochester, Gamble (Sly)&hellip;&hellip; 0:44Penalties: Lewicki 3:16, Brown 8:14, Ehman 10:03, Brown (two minors) Gray (two minors) 18:46.SECOND PERIOD2&mdash;Quebec, Dineen (Cossette, Hokestra)&hellip;&hellip; 3:133&mdash;Rochester, Ubriaco (Smrke, Brown)&hellip;&hellip; 17:26Penalties: Labrosse 9:02, Trapp 15:08.THIRD PERIOD4&mdash;Quebec, Lewicki (Harvey, Labadie)&hellip;&hellip; 8:085&mdash;Quebec, Lewicki (Harvey, Morrison)&hellip;&hellip; 16:42Penalties: McNamara (served by Draper)&hellip;&hellip; 3:39,Armstrong 9:32.Saves: McNamara 47, Hodge 14.CLEVELAND 3, BUFFALO 2FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Buffalo, L. Wilson (Kachur, Smith)&hellip;&hellip; 2:362&mdash;Buffalo, Barry Cullen (Stratton, Ingram)&hellip;&hellip; 7:033&mdash;Cleveland, Boddy (Needham, Mikol)&hellip;&hellip; 14:33Penalties: Ingram 3:36, Jarrett 15:07, B.Wilson 16:54, Ciesla. 18:18, Bergman 18:57.SECOND PERIODNo scoring.Penalties: Glover (misconduct) 3:59. Kachur 4:43, Jarrett 8:46, B. Wilson, Mikol 19:09.THIRD PERIOD4&mdash;Cleveland, Hilts (Ciesla)&hellip;&hellip; 6:57Penalties: Barry Cullen 3:37, McKenzie 10:00.OVERTIME PERIOD5&mdash;Cleveland, Ciesla (Hilts, D. van Impe).. 5:00 Penalties: none.Saves: Binkley 21, Dejordy 39.SPRINGFIELD 7, BALTIMORE 4FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Baltimore, Ford (Pearson, Creighton)&hellip; 2:192&mdash;Springfield, Sleaver(J. Anderson, Kilrea)&hellip;&hellip; 4:55Penalties: Taylor (major), Amadio (major) 14:25, Kellar, Harris 16:02.SECOND PERIOD3&mdash;Baltimore, Creighton (Ford, Price)&hellip;.. 2:504&mdash;Baltimore, Boudreault(Ratelle, Ehrenverth)&hellip;&hellip; 13:015&mdash;Springfield, Boyer (Sweeney, Cline)&hellip;. 15:246&mdash;Springfield, Cline (Sweeney, Boyer)&hellip;&hellip; 16:34 Penalties: Amadio 12:31, Ehrenverth 15:00.THIRD PERIOD7&mdash;Baltimore, Hampson (McGregor. Taylor)&hellip;&hellip; 6:308&mdash;Springfield, Boyer (Sweeney, Cline)&mdash;7:219&mdash;Springfield, J. Anderson (Kilrea, Sleaver)&hellip;&hellip; 8:2210&mdash;Springfield, Sweeney (Boyer, Cline)&mdash;10:4011&mdash;Springfield, White (Hillman, Amadio)&hellip;&hellip; 14:13 Penalty: Cote 17:57.Saves: Wood 17, Pelletier 35. &#9632;

American League Summaries

<div class="byline">By HANS TANNER</div>ROCHESTER, N.Y.&mdash;Sudden-death overtimes too often were exactly that for the Rochester Americans during their first six seasons in American Hockey League competition.Jack Riley, Amerk general manager, is only too happy to be able to use the past tense when talking of overtime troubles. At this writing, his 1962-63 squad is undefeated in long games&mdash;having won twice and finished all even nine times.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01561/2191135-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="265" height="421"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jack Riley</figcaption></div>Seven ties and one victory in eight overtime frays here may not seem like too much success on home ice, but what happened in previous years?In 1956-57, when the Amerks closed with a rush to tie Cleveland for second place in points, they lost one and tied four at home. In 1957-58, the locals won two, lost two and tied four here, followed by 0-1-3 the following season, a horrible 1-4-0 in 1959-60, 2-1-1 in &rsquo;60-61 and an inglorious 1-2-1 last year. That adds up to only six victories against 11 defeats and 13 ties for Rochester on home ice!Overall records for the Amerks have been: 1956-57&mdash;2-3-5 for nine points in 10 games; 1957-58&mdash;3-2-6 for 12 points in 11 games; 195859&mdash;1-3-5 for seven points in nine games; 1959-60&mdash;2-6-5 for nine points in 13 games; 1960-61&mdash;2-3-1 for five points in six games; 196162 2-6-6 for 10 points in 14 games; 1962-63&mdash;2-0-9 for 13 points in 11 games.Rochester&rsquo;s name is in the AHL record book three times in the overtimes games section. The six defeats in 1959-60 and 1961-62 is-the league mark for futility&mdash;although Springfield is down twice for that dubious honor, too. And the Amergs of &lsquo;59-60 were one of three teams in AHL history to lose four overtime games at home.It&rsquo;s about time the law of averages started to prove itself, but It&rsquo;ll take a good many seasons to get even. With the 2-0-9 record thus far this season, the Amerks have a &ldquo;lifetime&rdquo; of 14 wins, 23 losses and 37 ties in overtime games. &#9632;

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Draught Over Amerks Hot In Overtime

<div class="byline">By JOHNS TRAVERS</div>HERSHEY, Pa.&mdash;Little Andre Gill came out of the bullpen to grab the spotlight in the Hershey Bears&rsquo; camp.The 22-year-old rookie goaltender, called on to relieve a tired Ed Chadwick, backstopped Hershey to a pair of victories in a four-day span to shove the club into sole possession of first place in the American Hockey League&rsquo;s Eastern Division race.Gill, who goes by the the fullhandle of Joseph Michael Andre, scored a 3-2 decision over Rochester Mar. 10 to pull the Bears out of a five-game losing streak, then turned back Springfield, 6-4, Mar. 13 to put the Bears in front of the Providence Reds in the give-and-take race to the wire for the Eastern title and $10,000 payoff.A product of Sorel, Que., the 5-7, 150-pounder has played three games, winning all while allowing only eight goals. He turned aside 86 of 94 enemy shots.Though Andre admits his nickname is &ldquo;Joe,&rdquo; he claims everyone has always called him Andre, so that&rsquo;s the name he uses.&ldquo;Back home in Sorel, they call me Andre&hellip; I never thought much about why they don&rsquo;t call me Joe.&rdquo;Even coach Frank Mathers is confused on Gill&rsquo;s names.&ldquo;When I made out his social security forms, my hand got tired from writing his name,&rdquo; laughed Mathers.&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t care whether he goes by Joe or Andre just so long as he gets the job done. And the kid&rsquo;s been doing real well.&rdquo;Gill is one of five Hershey rookies and the club&rsquo;s fledgling brigade has been tremendous this season, scoring 77 goals, including 11 game winners.Chadwick in all probability will be back for the final games and playoffs, but the 28-year-old former National Leaguer showed visible signs of being tired of late.&ldquo;Ed&rsquo;s been under a lot of pressure since the first of the year,&rdquo; said Mathers. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s played very well, though, and I want him in top shape for the playoffs.&rdquo;Another rookie, defenseman Barry Ashbee, has been winning the praise of Mathers.&ldquo;Ashbee has played every game and the kid has improved 200 per cent since the start of the season,&rdquo; said Mathers. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s a lot like Marc Reaume. Neither one is a flashy player. Both lug the puck well, cover their zone smartly and give you a steady performance.&ldquo;Howie Yanosik also has been one of our best hands on defense.&rdquo;Hershey, which figures to win the Eastern title barring a collapse in the final two weeks, has been jamming the fans into the Sports Arena. In 31 games, the Bears have pulled a shade under 174,000 and before it&rsquo;s over probably will top the 200,000 mark for 36 home games. &#9632;

Bears Fly As Gill Proves Top ‘Stand In’ Coaler

<div class="byline">By CHARLEY BARTON</div>BUFFALO, N.Y.&mdash;This was in the winners&rsquo; dressing room, seconds after the Buffalo Bisons had won the American Hockey League championship and center Art Stratton collected nine assists to set a single-game record as the Herd walloped the Pittsburgh Hornets, 11-2.John McKenzie, Stratton&rsquo;s right-winger, had been forced to retire in the first period after defenseman Lou Marcon opened a nine-stitch cut over McKenzie&rsquo;s right eye.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-04365/2191252-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="261" height="465"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bob Wilson</figcaption></div>I sure would have liKed to nave been out there with the guys,&rdquo; McKenzie said. &ldquo;What a way for any club to win a championship. And how about my centerman? Wish I could have done more to help Art set the record.&rdquo;McKenzie reflected for a minute, then spoke again.&ldquo;I guess it&rsquo;s just as well I didn&rsquo;t play any more. I probably would have gone looking for Marcon. I thought he butt-ended me, but the guys said it was a two-hander. I&rsquo;ve been cut open before, but it never hurt like this one.&rdquo;McKenzie shook hands with a well-wisher, then spoke again.&ldquo;This is one fine hockey club,&rdquo; he continued. &ldquo;Sure, some of us guys have been getting more ink than others, but it&rsquo;s really a team effort that won for us.&ldquo;I mean, take a guy like Bobby Wilson, our fifth defenseman. Game after game he sits on the bench, then somebody gets hurt, and Bobby is out there doing a real good job.&ldquo;You never hear him beef about riding the bench, or about being sent out there cold.. Yet, I don&rsquo;t know how many times he&rsquo;s helped us this year, and helped a lot. &#9632;

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McKenzie Reflects On Bisons’ Team Spirit After Missing ‘Title Kill’ Through Injury

Before you say&nbsp;SCOTCHsay&lsquo;DEWAR&rsquo;sit never variesBefore you say&nbsp;SCOTCH&nbsp;say&lsquo;DEWAR&rsquo;Sit never varie<h2>How They Stand</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02450/2191290-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="604" height="351"></div>GAMES COMPLETEDTuea., Mar. 19Vancouver 6, Calgary 3Wed., Mar. 20Lot Angeles 2, San Francisco 1PortLand 2, Seattle 0Spokane 4, Calgary 1Edmonton 11, Vancouver 4Fri.. Mar. 22San Francisco 7, Spokane 0Edmonton 4, Vancouver 2Sat., Mar. 23Los Angeles 3, Spokane 1San Francisco 3, Seattle 1Calgary 5, Vancouver 1Sen., Mar. 24Los Angeles 8, Spokane 2Portland 4, San Francisco 1Seattle 3, Edmonton 1<h2>Point Race</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-03340/2191283-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="594" height="877"></div>For Western LeagueSummaries See P. 13 &#9632;

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WESTERN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By HUGH WATSON</div>VANCOUVER, B.C.&mdash;The Western Hockey League&rsquo;s playoff battle will likely run close to the closing weekend of the schedule but it isn&rsquo;t too difficult to choose the six winners, even at this stage.Portland, San Francisco and Los Angeles are sure things for the southern division playoffs and Seattle, Vancouver and Calgary should be the participants in the north.Only a minor miracle will allow Spokane or Edmonton to edge into the post-season ice charades although both clubs have been given ample opportunity to climb into the third and last playoff spot.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01538/2191335-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="404" height="409"><figcaption class="caption-body">Guyle Fielder</figcaption></div>Fans in Los Angeles have become disenchanted of late. The once torrid love affair with the Blades has cooled considerably. Just a few weeks ago the Blades wereclosing in on the first place Portland club and appeared strong enough to at least give San Francisco a battle for second. However, a long slump (one win in 10 games) sent the Blades tumbling and only a similiar performance by Spokane kept them in third place.Spokane, which almost stood pet on a lineup that finished a strong second last season, kept waiting for Los Angeles to hit a slump.&ldquo;Everyone else has had one,&rdquo; said coach Roy McBride. &ldquo;I think the Blades will have one, too, before the season is over. That&rsquo;s when we&rsquo;ll catch them.&rdquo;McBride was just half right. The Blades hit the skids, alright, but in the same stretch the Comets could manage only two wins and a tie against seven losses.The Blades seem to lack offensive power and this, coupled with some shaky goal-keeping by Jack MeCartan, kept them in a hole. Five of their nine losses in one 10-game stretch were by one goal.The Comets, meanwhile, had the scorers but suddenly their defence failed to function. In one five game string, the Comets gave up 30 goals, lost the services of goalie Claude Dufour and shoved young Ernie Wakely from the Montreal farm system into the breach. ,.There is still a faint ray of hope for the Comets. In the last week of the season they play the Blades three times, all on Los Angeles ice, A sweep of this three-game set is a must if they are to overhaul the Blades. The odds are stacked against a sweep. In seven meetings this season, the Blades have won six.Tn the northern division, Calgary Stampeders took 54 days to climb out of the cellar and would appear to be good bets to hold onto third place over Edmonton. Edmonton closes out its season with three games on the road and, judging by their past record in foreign arenas, they won&rsquo;t pick up many points there. In their first 32 road games the Flyers lost 27, won four and tied one.Seattle and Vancouver are assured of playoff spots but just who will receive the bye in the first round of the playoffs may not be decided until the final game of the season when the Canucks play the Totems in Seattle.It&rsquo;s the same in the south. Portland has all the edge for first place but Bud Poile&rsquo;s San Francisco Seals could still take it all with another hot streak.ICE CHIPS:The individual scoring race, once a tight, five-man race, suddenly disintegrated in the faces of four players when Seattle&rsquo;s Guyle Fielder burst out in a torrid scoring rash. In the space of five games he picked up 19 points&hellip; Seattle winger Bob Barlow scored goal No. 45 when he pumped in four in a 6-2 victory over Spokane&hellip; Bruce Carmichael of L.A. already has 33 goals, a new personal high. His previous best was 32 with Victoria in the 1956-57 season&hellip; Tracy Pratt, son of Babe Pratt, the farmer NHL great, has been placed on Vancouver&rsquo;s playoff eligibility list&hellip; Mystery man in the Edmonton Flyers camp is Billy McNeill who, despite all the hustle in the world, still has only three goals to show for his efforts&hellip; L.A. defenseman Frank Arnett was given a game misconduct in Vancouver and had to be restrained by three teammates from attacking referee Scotty Morrison. The Blades finished the game with only three rearguards, Bill Burega, Lloyd Haddon and playing coach Red Bownass. They lost 4-3 when rookie Trent Beatty scored with 57 seconds remaining.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-04244/2191328-1-eng-US/f0012-042.jpg" title="f0012-04" width="2308" height="1061"></div>LOOKING AT FRISCO&rsquo;S COW PALACE:the exterior of San Francisco&rsquo;s Cow Palace, which houses the San Francisco Seals of the Western League, shown above. The Seals drew a record crowd of 12,290 for a league game there this year. Below is an excellent shot of the interior of the Cow Palace and its big ice surface. That&rsquo;s ex-NHL star Leo Labine of Los Angeles Blades wheeling out of his end of the rink, in centre, with the puck against the Seals in a recent clash between the arch &rsquo;California&rsquo; rivals.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-05166/2191321-1-eng-US/f0012-052.jpg" title="f0012-05" width="2284" height="905"></div> &#9632;

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Post-Season Round Takes Shape—Fielder Hot Scorer

<div class="byline">By HARVEY POLLACK</div>GREENSBORO, N.C.&mdash;Ron Muir, the forgotten man of the Greensboro Generals, proved the decisive factor as the Southern division champions cracked their Charlotte jinx to advance to the finals of the Eastern Hockey League playoffs with the Clin&rsquo;ton Comets, the Northern Division kings.Greensboro eliminated Charlotte, 3 games to 2, in a fiercely waged series to earn the right to meet Clinton which ousted Long Island, 3-1 after trimming Philly three straight.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02492/2191404-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="544" height="597"><figcaption class="caption-body">RON MUIR</figcaption></div>&hellip; Scored Payoff GoalMuir was not expected to cause much trouble to the Checkers in their pre-series rundown of their opposition. The Generals No. 1 line of Don Davidson, Garry Sharp and Bob Boucher was feared. So was Ron Spong and Don Carter. But little attention was given to Muir who was an All-Star selection in the 1961-62 season but who had some barren stretches this season before winding up with 87 points.But Muir made his presence felt in the very first game when he scored a hat trick in his club&rsquo;s 5-2 decision. And he also was the big man in the decisive fifth game here as he scored the sudden death goal to win the series.The series drew well and each game was a one-point affair except the opener. Charlotte took the second game at home, 7-6, on Ken Coombes goal. Then Grens-boro regained the lead with a 3-2 decision at home, but again Charlotte won 6-5 in overtime on Gus Brassard&rsquo;s goal to set up the final sudden death clash which the Generals won 3-2 on Muir&rsquo;s tally at 1:44.The series triumph was sweet revenge for the Generals who were unsuccessful against Charlotte all year, losing 10 times and gaining one tie in 14 starts. But the jinxes apparently are not holding in the playoffs since Knoxville had the Indian sign on Charlotte all year and the Checkers eliminated them from the playoffs.JOHNSTOWN: Jets lost more money than any time in history. Butch Martin took a scouting trip to Canada, especially seeking burly defensemen. He&rsquo;s also looking for bigger forwards to prevent the pushing around club took this year. Jets figure they will be one of the spots the Russians will visit next season. John Daley looks for juniors to be even more successful.CLINTON: The Clinton Comets earned more points on the road than any team with 30 point from their 13-17-4 mark compared to Greensboro&rsquo;s 14-19-1 for 29 points. John Ayotte missed the whole Long Island series with shoulder injury suffered in Philly. Some players went home during the lay off between series. Pete Babando and Jack Kane were heavy scorers in Long Island series.LONG ISLAND: Ducks disappointed over finish of season. Opening win at Clinton lifted hopes for series triumph over Comets but defense fell apart in next three games when Clinton scored 22 goals. Loss of 3-0 lead in second game was turning point of series.GREENSBORO:Butch MacKay played Charlotte series with 30 stitches in scalp and face as result of accident when his car skidded into a parked vehicle during a heavy rain. Generals approaching 150,000 in attendance for their highest in history.CHARLOTTE: Jackie LeClair rated tops by Generals and he would have finished higher in scoring race had he shot more. Playoffs may have wiped out seasonal deficit of $7,000. General fans tore down Checker fans banner &ldquo;We slew the Knights, Let&rsquo;s Slay the Generals&rdquo;&hellip; Jim McNulty says he&rsquo;s retiring. Ivan Walmsley was tough in series. Ken Coombes tabbed clutch goals throughout playoffs. &#9632;

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Ron Muir Helps Generals Scuttle Charlotte “Jinx” In Playoffs

Tues., March 12VANCOUVER 2, EDMONTON 1FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Vancouver, Baird (Boone, Hunt)&hellip;&hellip;. 7:54Penalties: Messier 2:36, Matthews (minor misconduct) 2:43, Miszuk 4:49, Muloin 7:17.SECOND PERIOD2&mdash;Vancouver, Hutchinson (Howe, Beatty)&hellip;&hellip; 5:55 Penalties: Miszuk, Baird 2:24, Messier&hellip;&hellip; 2:49, McCusker 7:34, Messier (minor, misconduct) 8:02.THIRD PERIOD3&mdash;Edmonton, Messier (Finney, Ross)&hellip;&hellip; 16:20Penalties: Rathwell (minor, major) Beatty (major) 6:10, Howe 14:48.Saves: Boisvert 27, Villemure 21.Wed., March 13SPOKANE 5, LOS ANGELES 4FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Spokane,, Wrtiuk (TopoIl, Brunel)&hellip;&hellip; 9:002&mdash;Spokane, Brisson (Brisson, Bell)&hellip;&hellip; 15:25 Penalties: Arnett 8-21, Shvetr (minor, misconduct) 10:11, Burega 13:34, Arnett-14:39.SECOND PERIOD3&mdash;Spokane, Brisson (Mekilok, Bell)&hellip;&hellip; 2:334&mdash;Los Angeles, Carmichael(Haddon, Haworth)&hellip;&hellip; 4:485&mdash;Los Angeles, Solinger (O&rsquo;Ree)&hellip;&hellip; 8:576&mdash;Los Angeles, Labine (O&rsquo;Ree, Maxwell)&hellip;&hellip; 10:057&mdash;Spokane, Topoll (Witiuk)&hellip;&hellip; :12:08Penalties: Cherry 4:11, Bownass 11:56.THIRD PERIOD8&mdash;Spokane, Cherry (Mekilok)&hellip;&hellip; 19:509&mdash;Los Angeles, Solinger&hellip;&hellip; 19:59Penalties: Shvetz 4:18, O&rsquo;Ree 8:31, Hucul,O&rsquo;Ree 15:37.Saves: McCartan 32, Wakely 26.PORTLAND 8, EDMONTON 1FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Portland, MCVie(Laufman, Donaldson)&hellip;&hellip; 7:02Penalties; McIntyre 1:14, McVie 2:33, Price 2:33, Donaldson 8:31, Muloim 14:08.SECOND PERIOD2&mdash;Portland, Tessier (McVie, Laufman)&hellip;. 6:373&mdash;Portland, Schmautz&hellip;&hellip; 8:024&mdash;Edmonton, Holmes (McNeil, Price)&hellip;&hellip; 11:185&mdash;Portland, Schmautz(Fashoway, Jones)&hellip;&hellip; 11:326&mdash;Portland, McCarthy. 14:237&mdash;Portland, Schmautz (Tessier, Jones)&hellip;. 17:14 Penalties: Messier 3:12, Bionda 5:48, Muloin 5:48, Mizuk 5:48.THIRD PERIOD8&mdash;Portland, Fashoway (Jones)&hellip;&hellip; 19:59Penalty: Messier 14:00.Saves: Boisvert 39, Head 22.SEATTLE 6, SAN FRANCISCO 4FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Seattle, Barlow (Powers, Fielder)&hellip;&hellip; 6:422&mdash;San Francisco, Belisle(McNabb, Kurtenbach)&hellip;&hellip; 8:163&mdash;Seattle, Sinclair (Fielder)&hellip;&hellip; 12:194&mdash;San Francisco, Haley (Nicholson) 16:185&mdash;San Francisco Haley (Cyr, McNabb)&hellip;. 17:14 Penalty: McNabb 0:44.SECOND PERIOD8&mdash;Seattle, Sinclair (Fielder, Barlow)&hellip;&hellip; 11:507&mdash;Seattle, Barlow(Powers, Sinclair 14:278&mdash;Seattle, Chiuka (Fielder)&hellip;&hellip; 17:59Penalties: Ward 0:14, Bedard 10:01, MacFarland 11:29, Picard 11:29, Millar 15:33.THIRD PERIOD9&mdash;San Francisco. Belisle (Mantha)&hellip;&hellip; 3:1610&mdash;Seattle, Fielder 19:56Penalties: none.Saves: Millar 36, McLeod 24.Fri., March 15SAN FRANCISCO 8, SEATTLE 4FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;San Francisco, Kurtenbach&hellip;&hellip; 2:212&mdash;San Francisco, Cyr(Belisle, Kurtenbach)&hellip;&hellip; 6:573&mdash;San Francisco, Nicholson&hellip;&hellip; 9:514&mdash;Seattle, Powers (Fielder, Sinclair) 17:36Penalties; McFarland 5:53, Powers 18:28.SECOND PERIOD5&mdash;Seattle, Powers&hellip;&hellip; 4:066&mdash;San Francisco, Edmundson(Cyr, Mantha) 6:197&mdash;San Francisco, Belisle (Kurtenbach)&hellip;&hellip; 9:168&mdash;San Francisco, Edmundson(Cyr, Thurlby) 12:559&mdash;San Francisco, Kurtenbach(Miokoski, Belisle)&hellip;&hellip; 15:0410&mdash;Seattle, Fielder (Ward, Sinclair)&hellip;&hellip; 15:25Penalties; None.THIRD PERIOD11&mdash;San Francisco, Haley(Nicholson, Panagabto)&hellip;&hellip; 3:3412&mdash;Seattle, Hay (Barlow, Fielder)&hellip;&hellip; 8:40Penalties: Mantha 7:32.Saves: Millar 28, McLeod 25.VANCOUVER 4, LOS ANGELES 3FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Vancouver, Kabel (Baird. Maloney)&hellip;&hellip; 15:232&mdash;Vancouver, PoPein (Beatty, Lebrun)&hellip;&hellip; 16:35 Penalties: Howe 3:39, Boone, Burega 8:22,Burega 12:58.SECOND PERIOD3&mdash;Los Angeles, Solinger (Labine, Bownass)&hellip;&hellip; 15:434&mdash;Los Angeles, Solinger(Mackell, Carmichael)&hellip;&hellip; 18:56Penalties: Rowe 4:25, Duke, Soileau (major) Arnett (game misconduct) 7:36, Beatty 15:38.THIRD PERIOD5&mdash;Vancouver, Lebrun, (Cable, McCusker)&hellip;&hellip; 14:106&mdash;Los Angeles, Diachuk(Stankiewitz, Hayworth)&hellip;&hellip; 16:417&mdash;Vancouver, Beatty (Hunt, Mathews))&hellip;. 19:03, Penalties: Labine, Hunt&hellip;&hellip; 19:43.Saves: McCartan 23, Villemure 31EDMONTON 3, CALGARY 1FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Edmonton, Kinasewich (Price)&hellip;&hellip; 2:402&mdash;Calgary, Leopold (Hucul)&hellip;&hellip; 4:073&mdash;Edmonton, Elik (Holmes, McNeil)&hellip;&hellip; 5:484&mdash;Edmonton, Elik (Holmes, Messier)&hellip;&hellip; 19:47Penalty: Messier 14:28.SECOND PERIODNo scoring.Penalty: Kinasewich 8:20.THIRD PERIODNo scoring.Saves. Edwards 33, Boisvert 28.Sat March 16CALGARY 4, EDMONTON 1FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Edmonton, McNeil (Ross, Elik)&hellip;&hellip; 0:292&mdash;Calgary, Johnson (Hucul, Sutcliffe)&hellip;&hellip; 2:35.3&mdash;Calgary, Kosianic (Mareetta, Hucul)&hellip;. 13:16 Penalties: Ross 4:48, Hendrickson 10:55, Player 16:56.SECOND PERIOD4&mdash;Calgary, Kosianic (Hendrickson, Hucul)&hellip;&hellip; 11:31 Penalties: Miszuk 1:35, Messier 2:47, Sutcliffe 6:58, Muloin 11:11.THIRD PERIOD5&mdash;Calgary, Mercetta&hellip;&hellip; 18:42,Penalties: Hendrickson 148, Kasinic (misconduct) 9:00, McIntyre 13:28, McDonald 19:23, Burgess 19:23.Saves: Boisvert 18, Edwards 24.SEATTLE 2, LOS ANGELES 1FIRST PERIODNo scoring.Penalties; Barlow 0:27, Burega 8:06, Chiupka 13:40, Bownass 15:58.SECOND PERIOD1&mdash;Los Angeles, Bolinger(Mackell, Carmichael)&hellip;&hellip; 4:582&mdash;Seattle, MacFarland (Filion, Fielder)&hellip;&hellip; 12:36Penalties: Mackell 0:33, Ward 5:22, Burega7:59, 12:24, Kazowski 13:12, Stankiewicz 17:30.THIRD PERIOD3&mdash;Seattle, Powers (Fielder, MacFarland)&hellip;&hellip; 9:17 Penalties: Arnett 7:09, Arnett 19:46, Ward 19:46.Saves: Millar 37, McCartan 20.PORTLAND 7, SPOKANE 4FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Portland, Tessier (Schmautz, Jones)&hellip;&hellip; 1:512&mdash;Spokane, Mekilok (Bell, Brisson)&hellip;&hellip; 13:293&mdash;Spokane, Johansen (Lamoureux, Stratton)&hellip;&hellip; 13:274&mdash;Portland, 6oyer (Tessier, McVie) 14.265&mdash;Portland, Fashoway (Jonea, Bionda)&hellip;. 14:43 Penalties: McVie 7:08, Cherry 13:34.SECOND PERIOD6&mdash;Portland, Jones (Smith, Fashoway)&hellip;&hellip; 3.087&mdash;Spokane, Bell (Mekilok, Shvetz)&hellip;&hellip; 7:07Penalty: Madigan 12:41.THIRD PERIOD8&mdash;Portland, Laufman (McVie)&hellip;&hellip; 1:439&mdash;Spokane, Madigan (Lamoureux)&hellip;&hellip; 12:0210&mdash;Portland, Saunders (McVie, Tessier)&hellip;&hellip; 17:1011&mdash;Portland, Fashoway (Schmautz) 19:24Penalties: Laufman (10 min. misconduct) 10:24 Madigen 15:50.Saves: Head 33, Wakely 25.Sun. March 17PORTLAND 3, LOS ANGELES 2FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Los Angeles, Maxwell(Haddon, Horvath)&hellip;&hellip; 5:252&mdash;Los Angeles, O&rsquo;Ree (Labine, Boileau)&hellip;&hellip; 7:583&mdash;Portland, Saunders (Goyer, Smith)&hellip;&hellip; 11:24No penalties.SECOND PERIOD4&mdash;Portland, McVie (Fashoway, Donaldson)&hellip;&hellip; 6:20 Penalties: Diachuk 4:24, Mackell 7:51, Jones13:12, Haworth 13:12, Labine 16:35, Donaldsoa 16:35, Smith 17:54, Mackell 18:55, Diachuk (5min) 20:00, Head (5 min) 20:00, (served by Goyer) THIRD PERIOD5&mdash;Portland, Goyer (Saunders)&hellip;&hellip; 17:50Saves: McCartan 35, Head 20.SEATTLE 6, SPOKANE 2FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Seattle, Barlow (leonard, Fielder))&hellip;&hellip; 10:222&mdash;Spokane, Cherry (Holdaway, TopoII)&hellip;. 17:40 Penalties: Cherry 5:02, Bell 8:47, Hucul 11:09,Cherry 15:40, Leonard 16:21, Hucul (minor and 10 min. misconduct) 16:21.SECOND PERIOD3&mdash;Seattle, Barlow (Sinclair, Fielder)&mdash;6:074&mdash;Seattle, Hall (Krake)&hellip;&hellip; 10:425&mdash;Seattle, Barlow (Fielder) 12:506&mdash;Spokane, Topoll (Brunel, Madigan)&hellip;&hellip; 17:20 Penalty: Ward 3:21THIRD PERIOD7&mdash;Seattle, Sabourin (Filion, Hay)&hellip;&hellip; 7:458&mdash;Seattle, Barlow (Fielder, Powers)&hellip; 10:24Penalties: Hay 4:49, Cherry 10:24, Mekilok 13:28.Saves: Wakely 34, Millar 14. &#9632;

Western League Summaries

Don&rsquo;t be vague&hellip; sayHAIG & HAIGSCOTCH WHISKYDon&rsquo;t be vague&hellip; sayHAIG & HAIGSCOTCH WHISKY<h2>How They Stand</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01530/2191466-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="592" height="165"></div>GAMES COMPLETEDMon., Mar. 18Hull-Ottawa 2, Sudbury 1Tues., Mar. 19Kingston 5, St. Louis 1Wed., Mar. 20Kingston 6, St. Paul 4Sudbury 4, Hull-Ottawa 1Thurs., Mar. 21St. Louis 4, Kingston 2Fri., Mar. 22Sudbury 6, Hull-Ottawa 4Sat., Mar. 23Kingston 6, Sudbury 0St. Louis 4, St. Paul 2Sun., Mar. 24Hull-Ottawa 8, Kingston 2Minneapolis 7, St. Louis 5<h2>Point Race</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02431/2191459-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="596" height="1009"></div> &#9632;

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EASTERN PRO LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By HUGH TOWNSEND</div>NEW GLASGOW, N.S.&mdash;Moncton Hawks reign as 1963 Maritime senior hockey champions and Maritime fans are beginning to feel that the New Brunswick club could go all the way to the Allan Cup.The prized mug hasn&rsquo;t been in the Maritimes since Halifax were victors in 1935 but the current Hawks are being considered as the strongest representatives of this area in a long time.Hawks, who breezed to the Maritime crown by eliminating the Cape Breton champion Glace Bay Miners in three straight games, opened the first round of Allan Cup play at home against the Prescott-Kemptville Combines, winners of the Ottawa District Senior Hockey League.Not all observers in the seaside provinces are figuring on an Allan Cup triumph&mdash;an honor bestowed on Moncton Hawk teams in 1933 and 1934&mdash;but those who do believe Hawks have a chance, base their conclusions on several interesting points.The Nova Scotia Senior Hockey League received a moral boost when Halifax Tartans defeated Trail Smoke Eaters in an exhibition game&mdash;yet Tartans bowed four straight to Hawks in the NSSHL finals.Hawks operated through the regular campaign and playoffs with a well balanced squad, particularly after the additions obtained from the folded Amherst Ramblers&mdash;yet the club made four major steps to bolster the club even more for the Allan Cup.The Monctonians, determined to make an even greater bid for the cup than did Amherst the past couple seasons, added the star-studded Windsor line of Jacques Allard, Rod Gaudreault and Simon Nolet and Windsor playing coach George Roy.Allard established a new Maritime point record with 138 points in 56 games. Gaudreault clicked for 110 points and Nolet amassed 108 points in the regular campaign. In all the line had 148 goals and 208 assists for 356 points in the 56 tilts.Roy will add plenty of experience and know-how to an already strong defence that includes such stalwards as Lou Kiley, Frank Sheppard and John Ford.Yes, Hawks have a lot going for them! &#9632;

Hawks Romp To Eastern Title With Hopes High For Allan Cup

<div class="byline">By ALLAN DICKIE</div>KINGSTON, Ont.&mdash;If anyone doubted the value of the Eastern Pro loop to the NHL those doubts should be dispelled by now.Take Montreal Canadiens for instance.Canadiens have been hit hard by injuries this season, particularly in the latter portion. And most of the time when Habs are in trouble they dip into their Hull-Ottawa Canadiens farm club to bridge the gap.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-03320/2191521-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="241" height="421"><figcaption class="caption-body">Murray Hall</figcaption></div>Right now, for instance, Montreal has the best part of Hull-Ottawa&rsquo;s defense residing in Montreal.Terry Harper went up first when Tom Johnson was injured. Then rookie defenseman Jacques Laperriere joined him when Lou Fonti-nato suffered his serious neck injury. Neither will be back.Also up as an emergency replacement is left wing-centre Gordon (Red) Berenson who has been up and down more times than a yo yo this season. Also add to that list Bill McCreary, who was a Hull-Ottawa star over most of this season.Despite the fact that they&rsquo;ve lost several stars for varying stretches, the Baby Habs haven&rsquo;t given away too much ground in the race for first place in the EPHL. They&rsquo;re presently hot on the heels of Kingston Frontenacs and the issue is still very much in doubt.Frontenacs themselves contributed Jeannot Gilbert to Boston Bruins when Murray Oliver was injured.Since he left, top spot has been taken over by Murray Hall, St. Louis Braves&rsquo; starry centre. Sudbury&rsquo;s high scoring duo, Gord La-bossiere and Marc Dufour, have grabbed second place.Meanwhile, league president Jack Urie has announced the loop&rsquo;s playoff setup.The second and third place clubs will play a best-of-five semi final starting April 3. On the conclusion of that series, the winner will meet the first place team, which draws a bye into the final. Urie said that the final series will also be a best-of-five affair.That makes the hotly contested race between Hull and Kingston for first place even more important.Both clubs will be playing for that coveted free ticket into the league final. Neither team relishes the thought of playing the tough Sudbury Wolves in the preliminary series and Wolves have the final playoff spot all but locked up. &#9632;

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Hull Hubs’ Player Contributions Aid NHL Club In Stretch Drive

KINGSTON, Ont.&mdash;EPHL LEFTOVERS: Alain (Boom Boom) Caron, St. Louis&rsquo; dangerous right winger became a 50-goal scorer last week&mdash;and he did it in 48 games&hellip; Kingston Frontenacs&rsquo; most consistent forward, Gerry Ouellette, will be lost to the club until at least the playoffs with, a broken thumb.Coach Gus Kyle of St. Louis said the team will remain in St. Louis next year. The Braves, a farm club of Chicago Black Hawks, moved from Syracuse, N. Y., at mid-season this year.Kyle said the league will expand next year. He said Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs have expressed a desire to place teams in the league. Kyle said at least two more teams would be added to make a total of six. &#9632;

Kyle Says EPHL Plans Expansion

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0015-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01507/2191590-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg"></div>SOLUTION NEXT WEEKACROSS1&mdash;Pictured Boston player.6&mdash;Initials of Coulter, ex-NHL star.7&mdash;Name given pictured player.9&mdash;What his teammates call Leon Rochefort.12&mdash;A former Toronto left winger.14&mdash;Don McKenney makes his home in this country (abbr.)16&mdash;&ldquo;Rocket&rdquo; Richard&rsquo;s initials.17&mdash;An NHL coach answers to this.18&mdash;NHL players are curbed by a&hellip; rule.20&mdash;Number of goals Gerry Odrow-ski scored for Detroit last season.21&mdash;Initials of a Bruin centre.22&mdash;Initials of a Ranger forward.23&mdash;Bobby Hull is nicknamed theGolden25&mdash;Calder Trophy winner of 194243.28&mdash;Exists.29&mdash;Initials of 11 down.30&mdash;Eddie Shack learned to do this as a kid.31&mdash;Given name of Price of Baltimore.33&mdash;Bob Nevin wears these off the ice.DOWN1&mdash;An NHL linesman.2&mdash;Occupation of future Mrs. Bob Nevin.3&mdash;Ralph Backstrom is rated a&hellip;. skater.4&mdash;Nickname of Dollard St. Lau-rent&rsquo;s team.5&mdash;The (Fr.)8&mdash;Initials of Prentice of Boston.10&mdash;Each (abbr.)11&mdash;This Red Wing had a three game suspension recently.13&mdash;Parker MacDonald makes his home in this province (abbr.)15&mdash;One of the Rochester icans.16&mdash;Type of coat Mrs. Allan Stanley wears.17&mdash;Glenn Hall had nine of these last season (abbr.)19&mdash;Nickname of NHL club once coached by Red Dutton (abbr.)23&mdash;Short for given name of Morrison of Quebec.24&mdash;Bob Nevin&rsquo;s fiancee wears one.26&mdash;Short for given name of a Canadien defenseman.27&mdash;Good&hellip;. are essential for goaltenders.31&mdash;Nattrium (Sym.)32&mdash;Same as 5 down.LAST WEEK&rsquo;S ANSWERSACROSS1&mdash;Talbot5&mdash;R.M.7&mdash;Ea.8&mdash;Eric9&mdash;Regina12&mdash;B.K.13&mdash;Rosters15&mdash;Ten16&mdash;NHL18&mdash;Co.19&mdash;She21&mdash;Ed.22&mdash;Hay23&mdash;G.R.25&mdash;Dea26&mdash;Happy30&mdash;Clothes31&mdash;One33&mdash;Ir.34&mdash;RussellDOWN1&mdash;Terrance2&mdash;Legs3&mdash;Bait4&mdash;Tear5&mdash;Rib6&mdash;McKenney10&mdash;EO.11&mdash;N.E.14&mdash;Stash17&mdash;Hodge20&mdash;Harper24&mdash;Races25&mdash;Door26&mdash;Howe27&mdash;A.T.28&mdash;Phil29&mdash;YS.32&mdash;N.U.<h2>Looking At The IHL Race</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03377/2191583-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="592" height="355"></div>GAMES COMPLETEDWed., Mar. 20Minneapolis 5, Fort Wayne 2Kingston 6, St. Paul 4Fri, Mar. 22St. Paul 8, Fort Wayne 7Minneapolis 7, Omaha 2Port Huron 3, Muskegon 2Sat., Mar. 23Omaha 7, Fort Wayne 5St. Louis 4, St. Paul 2Port Huron 3, Muskegon 1Sun., Mar. 24Omaha 4, Fort Wayne 2Minneapolis 7, St. Louis 5Muskegon 3, Port Huron 2<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-04286/2191576-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg" title="f0015-04" width="598" height="327"></div> &#9632;

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HOCKEY CROSSWORD

FORT WAYNE, Ind.&mdash;Eddie Long, the International Hockey League&rsquo;s all-time scoring champion, reached another milestone in his brilliant league career when he scored his 400th goal the night of March 12 at Muskegon.The Komets lost 5-4 to Muskegon but it didn&rsquo;t stop Eddie from banging in his 49th goal of the year to raise his league and playoff total to 400&mdash;376 in regular league action.Long is the greatest scorer in IHL annals. He has a total of 403 goals, 376 assists and 779 points in 716 games. &#9632;

Long Scores 400th Goal Of Brilliant IHL Career

<div class="byline">By BOB REED</div>FORT WAYNE, Ind.&mdash;The International Hockey League was planning to open its playoffs on Friday, March 29, but with one week still remaining of the regular season campaign, that was about all that was definite, so close was the battle for positions.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02449/2191645-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="280" height="415"><figcaption class="caption-body">Minnie Menard</figcaption></div>First and third, second and fourth place teams were to meet in the initial best-of-seven semi-final series but those positions were still to be decided in what loomed as a hectic closing week. The final will also be a best-of-seven series for theSt Paul was the only team eliminated from the playoffs, since fifth place Port Huron still had a fighting chance to make it, three points behind fourth place Omaha. Fort Wayne, Muskegon and Minneapolis all clinched playoff berths.Fort Wayne&rsquo;s Komets, whose one-time six-point lead had been reduced to two, had built it back to four and the &ldquo;magic number&rdquo; was three&mdash;any combination of three Fort Wayne wins or Muskegon losses&mdash;in order to clinch the season title!MinneaDolis. which had risen to challenge the Komets, trailing by only two points, was jolted by four straight, defeats on the road, two at Fort Wayne and two at Muskegon, making the Zephyrs the new challenger.The Komets embarked upon a crucial four-game road trip, one game at Minneapolis, one at St-Paul and two at Omaha. Muskegon had three with Port Huron and one with Omaga.In the meantime, talk of possible expansion for the next season persisted. Four cities&mdash;Des Moines, Kansas City, Denver and&hellip; indsor&mdash;had representatives at the league meeting in Omaha but none formally made application for a franchise.From all reports, it appeared that Fort Wayne, Port Huron and Muskegon were for standing pat; St. Paul and Minneapolis inclined toward a new setup and tieup with the NHL and Omaha on the fence.MUSKEGON: With 58 goals, Joe Kastelic was only four short of the league record of 62. by Len Ronson. Kastelic hit for four in an 8-3 defeat of Minneapolis&hellip; Gerry Glaude had 96 points, with 83 assists, ten short of the league record&hellip; The Zephyrs finished their season series with the Komets exactly even, 8-8-1MINNEAPOLIS: The Miller line of Moe Bartoli, Bruce Lea and Ken Saunders, with 119 goals and 310 points, was shooting for two league records&mdash;126 goals and 320 points&hellip; Bartoli took over the scoring lead from Saunders with 116 points to 113&hellip; Bartoli tied the record for most hat tricks with six.OMAHA: Ted Leboda, with 275 minutes in penalties, broke his league record of 274 penalty minutes&hellip; Minnie Menard replaced Moe Collins and scored two goals against St. Paul to enable the Knights to win in overtime&hellip; Pat Ginnell scored a hat trick for his 36th goal of the season&hellip; Walt Bradley had five points.FORT WAYNE: The leading Komets had a 22-12 record at home and 12-14-5 record on the road&hellip; A breakdown of points against opposition compared to possible points shows the Komets: Port Huron 22-32, Muskegon 17:34, St. Paul 10-20, Minneapolis 10:14, Omaha 8-14..PORT HURON: Gordon Tottle, injured de defenseman, was not released by the Flags but was placed on the injured list and will return next season. He plans to spend the summer in Port Huron&hellip; The Flags were the only IHL team to break even against the EPHL, winning four and losing four.ST. PAUL: Mickey Keating and Freddie Brown did not make the trip to Omaha and were replaced by Joe Connors and Billy Colpitti&hellip; The Saints were planning to rebuild next season with a dozer recruits from 20 to 24 years of age&hellip; The Saints were out of the playoffs for the first time in foul years&hellip; &#9632;

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Playoff Race Battle Carried To Wire, Fort Wayne Restores Flag Margin

<div class="byline">By JACK COOK</div>SASKATOON, Sask.&mdash;Scotty Munro, coach-manager of the pennantwinning Estevan Bruins, has had plenty of Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League headaches over the years, but never any to match the one that accompanied the latest playoff struggle.The rotund Scotsman knocked Regina Pats to the sidelines in six games, but had to leave one of them feet first, and wasn&rsquo;t around for the finish of it until three days later.Munro&rsquo;s unexpected exit came at Regina in the fourth game of a best-of-seven semi-final series. The Bruins were leading the round at the time, 2-0 with one game tied. The game in question was also tied, 2-2, when a fan tossed a perfect strike to the side of Munro&rsquo;s head with a two-inch nut.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f00c4-01145/2191690-1-eng-US/f00c4-012.jpg" title="f00C4-01" width="281" height="413"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jackie McLeod</figcaption></div>The incident occurred midway through the third period and Scotty, who suffered a nasty gash to the temple despite the padding of a felt hat, had to be taken from the game on a stretcher. He was later removed to hospital and was detained overnight.Frank Boucher, commissioner of the SJHL, ruled that since Munro was unable to return to his bench, the game would be halted. It was completed three days later, and Bruins won it.Bruins must now await the winner of the Melville Millionaires-Weyburn Red Wings semi-final, which Melville leads 2-1 in games.Munro&rsquo;s beaning was only one incident in what must go down as the SJHL&rsquo;s most eventful playoff in history.A week prior to the Munro collapse, a stick-swinging duel to end all others marred a quarterfinal series game in Melville between Millionaires and the defending champions, Moose Jaw Canucks.When the smoke had cleared in that ruckus, two players and a linesman were taken to hospital, and Boucher followed the next day with eight suspensions.After the donnybrook was brought under control, goaltender Harvey Lerfold and forward Dave Ferguson, both of Melville, and linesmen Ted Yarnton of Regina had to be taken to hospital.Meanwhile the old master, Saskatoon Quakers, and an eager youngster, Yorkton Terriers, are having themselves quite a battle for the Saskatchewan Senior Hockey League championship.Quakers, much to nobody&rsquo;s surprise, nailed down their second straight pennant without too much trouble. This came about despite a gruelling late-season schedule, which was necessitated by Saskatoon&rsquo;s five-week Christmas tour of Europe.The ever-hustling Terriers grabbed the runner-up spot after a last-month revival carried them past the fading Moose Jaw Pla-Mors, once the major power in Saskatchewan circles.Quakers polished off Moose Jaw in one sem-final series, but Terriers had their hands full before eliminating a tough band of Regina Caps in seven games.Quakers, on the other hand, were beset by injuries, which had little time to heal properly because of the taxing schedule. In addition, scoring champion Jackie McLeod was lost to Trail Smoke Eaters, the Canadian representative to the world championships.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f00c4-02140/2191683-1-eng-US/f00c4-022.jpg" title="f00C4-02" width="607" height="301"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f00c4-03134/2191676-1-eng-US/f00c4-032.jpg" title="f00C4-03" width="569" height="609"><figcaption class="caption-body">SCOTTY MUNRO &hellip; Coach Flattened</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Coach Leaves Rink Feet First, Fan’s Aim Right On Target In Eventful Junior Playdowns

<div class="byline">By JACK GATECLIFF</div>ST. CATHARINES, Ont.&mdash;Paul Henderson, Hamilton Red Wing right winger, is the 1962-63 winner of the Max Kaminsky Memorial Trophy.The trophy, similar to the Lady Byng in the National Hockey League, is awarded annually to the player in the Ontario Hockey Association junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; league best combining gentlemanly conduct with effective play.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f00c4-04105/2191721-1-eng-US/f00c4-042.jpg" title="f00C4-04" width="525" height="561"><figcaption class="caption-body">Paul Henderson</figcaption></div>It is in memory of Max Kaminsky, former amateur and professional player who died exactly one year after coaching St. Catharines Teepees to the Memorial Cup in the 1959-60 season.Previous winners were Bruce Draper of Toronto St. Michael&rsquo;s Majors (1960-61) and Lowell MacDonald of Hamilton Red Wings (1961-62).Henderson completed his third and final season of junior with Hamilton this year, scoring a league-leading total of 49 goals. He added 27 assists for a total of 76 points, third highest in the league.Although penalty figures are not released by the OHA he was one of the least penalized players in the league.Thirteen players were nominated for the award by writers and broadcasters in the six league cities Montreal, Guelph, Niagara Falls, Hamilton, Peterborough and St. Catharines.Henderson received 25 votes based on five for first, three for second and one for third.His closest rival was centre John Brenneman of St. Catharines Black Hawks who polled 20 votes.Wayne Maxner of the pennant-winning Niagara Falls Flyers, leading points scorer in the OHA circuit (32 goals, 62 assists, 94 points) was third with 13 votes while Terry Crisp, also of the Falls, was fourth with 11. &mdash;Others mentioned were Yvon Cournoyer and Bill Inglis of Montreal; Trevor Fahey of Guelph; Ron Schock and Don Awrey of Niagara Falls; Fred Stanfield of St. Catharines; Pit Martin of Hamilton; Bryan Watson and Chuck Goddard of Peterborough.Meanwhile, the stage was set for the league championship final with Niagara Falls Flyers and Montreal Canadiens in the centre ring spotlight.Both clubs reached the title final with comparative ease. The Flyers turned back the Hamilton Red Wings in five games of their best-of-seven semi-final while Montreal beat out Peterborough Petes in six games of their best-of-seven series, with one game ending in a tie.The best-of-seven final for the right to carry the league&rsquo;s banner into Memorial Cup play, was expected to be a spirited affair since both teams were bitter rivals over the regular season. &#9632;

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March 30, 1963

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